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Old 12-29-2008, 07:13 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zeraph View Post
Yall are being too literal this is hypothetical. Basically I just want to know, barring all other ill effects, if I'd freeze to death in a couple minutes naked in space (outside of the atmosphere completely).

Has there been any experiments done on living tissue exposed to space? (not just vacuum) I'm sure there must be.
I don't see what the point of that experiment would be. It's cold. You'd die.

If you somehow avoided the vacuum problem but were otherwise naked in shadow, yes, you would freeze to death, but probably in less than a couple of minutes. Remember, 35F water will kill you in 5. Naked in Northern Siberia in January will kill you in 5 as well.
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