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Old 12-30-2008, 12:49 PM   #12 (permalink)
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So basically what you're asking us is "barring the idea that a tomato is red, what color is the tomato."

No, you would not freeze to death because you would pass out in about 14 seconds, and die of hypoxia long before you froze.

Assuming you could breathe, the alvioli in your lungs would burst due to the pressure differential in the vacuum.

Assuming there was no vacuum, yes, you'd freeze. Quickly. But there /is/ a vacuum and so except perhaps for some harmless frost around the mouth and nose, you wouldn't freeze for a very long time. and since you're somehow maintaining position on the shady side of the earth, you wouldn't have any heating effects either.

Your scenario asks us to remove all of the conditions in outer space, and then asks us to tell you what being in outer space is like. Your question is only answerable if we remove all the current laws of physics from consideration. At that point, since we're in some alternate constructed universe, any answer we give you is both trite and meaningless, since the artificial environment you're insisting we consider is of your own invention and has nothing whatsoever to do with reality.


We aren't poopooing all over your question, but we aren't giving you incorrect answers either.
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