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proudlyhumble t1_jdmu0w4 wrote
Reply to comment by The_Flurr 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
I’m not going to pretend I’m an expert on pressurization but I am an airline pilot and our charts agree with Wikipedia that it’s about 6-9 seconds of useful consciousness.
proudlyhumble t1_jdmnht3 wrote
Reply to comment by The_Flurr 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
Not true, you’d have explosive decompression and lose consciousness within seconds. It isn’t like holding your breath. The air is sucked out of you instantaneously.
proudlyhumble t1_jdpozxc wrote
Reply to comment by VoxEcho 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
TIL, thanks!