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Not to be morbid or anything, but the only painful part of suffocation is excess carbon dioxide. In a pure nitrogen atmosphere you'd be in a good mood for a cou
by Zaak 16y ago
Not to be morbid or anything, but the only painful part of suffocation is excess carbon dioxide. In a pure nitrogen atmosphere you'd be in a good mood for a couple of minutes, then lose consciousness and never wake up.
I have no idea if that sort of thing was available on the moon missions, but it would probably the most convenient option if you've got nitrogen available.
- Luc 16y agoOn that subject, there is a great documentary with former British MP Michael Portillo about humane death penalty methods: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8068091823725414405# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8068091823725414405... He comes to the conclusion nitrogen would be the most humane (euphoria, then painless death). Apparantly it won't get used because those states that still use the death penalty find this way of leaving the temporary for the infinite a bit too easy on the convicted... (forward to 45:30 in the video).