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[–] 83 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Good news everyone, a quarter-sized hole in the ISS would only exert about 10.5 pounds of force. Not nearly enough to do that

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago

    From 2018:

    Back in August, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) was surprised to learn that a leak was responsible for a slight loss in air pressure aboard the station. After investigating, they learned that the cause was a small hole in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that had docked with the ISS. While the hole was promptly sealed, the cause of it has remained a mystery ever since.

    https://www.universetoday.com/articles/russian-cosmonaut-says-that-the-hole-in-the-iss-was-drilled-from-the-inside

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    10psi sounds like more than enough to pull your guts out.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Atmospheric pressure is about 14.5 psi, but a US quarter is only about 0.72 square inches in area. As a result it's 10.5 lbf in total. I think that should probably be fine? Like, I can't pretend to be an expert here, but frankly I think my arsehole is made of sterner stuff than that

    I do wonder, though, if it'd create a steady airflow through your whole digestive system if you just left your mouth open. I bet that'd feel confusing

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    I do wonder, though, if it’d create a steady airflow through your whole digestive system if you just left your mouth open.

    I don't think so, but I bet if you put your mouth over the opening, it'd really clear your sinuses out.

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  • [–] 39 points 4 days ago (10 children)

    I despise how Hollywood shows depressurisation

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  • [–] 26 points 4 days ago (8 children)

    except the expanse, where they throw a piece of plastic on the hole and all is fine(ish)

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  • [–] 12 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    I believe they caulked a binder over one hole in the series.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    first ep. it's quite clear that the air is continuously rushing out and not just one big blast then gone, they're holding their breath, people aren't being sucked into the hole, and just placing the binder over the hole noticeably restricts airflow before they apply sealant

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  • [–] 28 points 4 days ago

    I wish I couldn't read

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  • [–] 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    That’s just Chuck Palahniuk with explosive decompression

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  • [–] 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Outer space once again ain’t got shit on the real delta p gansta: underwater .

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  • [–] 28 points 4 days ago*

    So the way the alien dies in Alien: Resurrectum?

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  • [–] 8 points 4 days ago

    What a terrible day to have eyes

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  • [–] 8 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    sometimes I wonder why I bother coming to Lemmy

    then i stumble upon high quality posts like this one and the informed discourse that follows and my faith is reassured.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago

    I think I speak for all of us when I say please log off the internet forever.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago

    Yes, what if, indeed.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    I've always questioned the scene in "men behind the sun (also called black sun: 713) with the hypobaric chamber (iykyk). But thankfully just looked it up and it isn't real footage.

    But I would not want to go like that.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (3 children)

    I don’t see why it would be helpful to make a day last a whole year but I’m no scientist

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    This makes my brain wants to punch my eyes in the dick.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago*

    Huh.. I got my anime opinions from that guy like 12 years ago...

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