‘I have lived underwater’ man recounts living underwater. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;44541309]Suffocation isn't that bad a way to go simply because of how your brain reacts to the lack of oxygen. It's actually quite a pleasant way to die because it's somewhat euphoric. My brother is in the Coast Guard and he once nearly blacked-out from oxygen deprivation and he said he was quite giddy and was laughing at his superior at the time :v: Don't know about pressure-related deaths though. Sounds fucking painful.[/QUOTE] I would rather take a beheading than any form of asphyxiation. And I flat-out refuse to believe it's "actually quite pleasant" when every single cell in your body is crying for oxygen. Anyone can try holding their breath forever, and then some more.

[QUOTE=Zareox7;44543880]I suppose it's possible. You would need to have some sort of outer layer to protect against UV rays too.[/QUOTE] If so, we can just use black astronauts. Less burns.

[QUOTE=Maximo13;44544845]If so, we can just use black astronauts. Less burns.[/QUOTE] [img]http://brainant.net/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Gayniggers.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Zareox7;44543880]I suppose it's possible. You would need to have some sort of outer layer to protect against UV rays too. You'd get intense sunburns and likely develop cancer in the future because of the amount of exposure.[/QUOTE] this is sort of an actual thing, it's called a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_activity_suit"]Space Activity Suit[/URL]. your skin holds you together well enough in a vacuum that the only thing that really needs to happen is just to remove any and all space between the suit and your skin, and the result is something that functions just as well as a traditional suit while also being far lighter and arguably much safer. you only need to pressurize the helmet, gloves, and boots and fill in any concave areas of your body, and you're set. at that point you can just add on anything that you need, like plating to block radiation or protect you from micrometeorites, bags to put samples in, etc. plus it's got the added benefit of making depressurization not immediately lethal, since, with your skin pressed up entirely against the rest of the suit, it's not just a hard shell with a direct passage to your head. so if the suit were punctured or slashed you would only get an especially nasty vacuum bruise around the area, which definitely beats getting hypoxia and dying. [editline]14th April[/editline] a large enough hole will still totally kill you, but that's peanuts compared to being knocked unconscious and killed by a micrometeorite smaller than a pebble. and obviously the latex styling allows for far greater mobility than the previous and current suits, which make you feel like you're wearing an inflatable kiddie pool due to the pressurized design of them and the way that the air naturally tries to expand outwards. these types of suits are currently being looked at for the 2025 NASA Mars mission due to their lightweight design, so here's hoping we get some martian muscle-flexing in the future.

When you're pulled into space, it's a terrible experience. Your blood begins to boil, not due to heat or cold, but due to pressure difference. Your blood contains a lot of oxygen, and gas. That gas would be forced out by the pressure, causing you to feel like you're on fire from the inside out. The air in your lungs will instantly be forced out. The areas around your orifices would start releasing gasses and liquids through your pores at an expansive rate. Your eyes would dry out and puff out, you'd go blind very quickly as the water/gel in your eyes forces itself out the front of your eyes. The blood that fuels your eyes would start coming out next. Then your facial skin would become puffed up and sore as more and more liquids try and escape through your face. All the gases inside your body would be forced out and expelled out and this lack of interior pressure would bloat you to roughly half or double your normal size.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;44545147]When you're pulled into space, it's a terrible experience. Your blood begins to boil, not due to heat or cold, but due to pressure difference. Your blood contains a lot of oxygen, and gas. That gas would be forced out by the pressure, causing you to feel like you're on fire from the inside out. The air in your lungs will instantly be forced out. The areas around your orifices would start releasing gasses and liquids through your pores at an expansive rate. Your eyes would dry out and puff out, you'd go blind very quickly as the water/gel in your eyes forces itself out the front of your eyes. The blood that fuels your eyes would start coming out next. Then your facial skin would become puffed up and sore as more and more liquids try and escape through your face. All the gases inside your body would be forced out and expelled out and this lack of interior pressure would bloat you to roughly half or double your normal size.[/QUOTE] have you read none of this thread, it's not nearly that bad the only truth here is the danger to your lungs - you just have to make sure not to hold your breath