Re: The kind of leak.

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Raoul — 9/2/2001 6:55:40 PM (archived)

At Le Bourget, astronaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré was asked a question about leaks in a spacesuit. (He spent 6 months aboard Mir in 1999 and had an EVA).
If you have a crack or a leak on the helmet, you die within seconds (he disagrees thus with ACC in 2001 (the movie)). However, if you have a leak on a glove, if the fabric is squeezed at the wrist (something the astronauts can initiate), it is possible to survive up to 15 minutes in vacuum.
Raoul

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Sad truth why we are NOT going to Mars - phil - 8/30/2001 5:53:55 PM
- That was a cynical article but I think he's right - Larry J - 8/30/2001 6:19:04 PM
- Rewrite of a post I likely wasted over at MSNBC - ebnelson - 8/30/2001 3:42:24 PM
  - Ed, thanks for saying it so well - DA - 9/3/2001 6:02:23 PM
  - I disagree on one point - Larry J - 8/31/2001 1:17:40 PM
    - Re: The kind of leak. - Raoul - 9/2/2001 6:55:40 PM
- Re: Sad truth why we are NOT going to Mars - D. A. Leffler - 8/30/2001 2:13:04 PM
- One more time... - E.P. Grondine - 8/30/2001 10:15:22 AM
- Re: Help from abroad? - Raoul - 8/30/2001 8:38:12 AM

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