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ClassicCodes t1_jdm0stz wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:57 AM

Reply to comment by Skips3000 in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl

Ummm, our atmosphere IS the air... It's not some container around the planet.

Gravity and the magnetic field of the Earth prevent the atmosphere from being stripped from the planet by air pressure and solar winds, respectively.