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In lugnet.year.2001, Tobias Möller writes:
> What I found rather strange, though, was that after the astronauts
> boarded Discovery and released oxygen in the ship, they just took their
> helmets off and started breathing! Wouldn't the air be filled with
> bacteria from rotten food supplies or something? And what I find even
> more strange, is that their lungs don't freeze to death, IIRC they say
> that it's more than -100°C in there...
They did specifically address the temperature, and the robust cosmonaut
compared it to a cold Russian winter. In addition, they'd turned the
thermostat on his suit way up to preserve his core temp. I'm sure he
couldn't have lasted long, even with those precautions, but for a few
breaths I imagine it could work...?
As far as the bacteria, I wonder what effect the vacuum and cold of 10
years in orbit would have. Could terrestrial bacteria survive such
extremity? I admit, though, that I wouldn't have been eager to remove my
hat in such an atmosphere!
Dave!
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| (...) Yeah, bacteria can survive a lot of stuff. I wouldn't be surprised. However, I'd also assume that 1) if they're food bacteria, they're not going to really be a big problem, and 2) any food they had would be sealed, not stored on top of the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| What I found rather strange, though, was that after the astronauts boarded Discovery and released oxygen in the ship, they just took their helmets off and started breathing! Wouldn't the air be filled with bacteria from rotten food supplies or (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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