oatscoop t1_jdn0vw1 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:47 PM Reply to comment by proudlyhumble 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 There's a handful of cases where people were exposed to a total vacuum for a short period and survived. Here's one of them -- he was mostly unharmed. Permalink Parent 3
oatscoop t1_jdn0vw1 wrote
Reply to comment by proudlyhumble 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
There's a handful of cases where people were exposed to a total vacuum for a short period and survived. Here's one of them -- he was mostly unharmed.