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Diving comparisons can actually give us real-world examples of Hollywood style decompression too. In real life human bodies don't explode when decompressed in
by jlgreco 13y ago
Diving comparisons can actually give us real-world examples of Hollywood style decompression too. In real life human bodies don't explode when decompressed in space, but if you depressurize a diving bell on the surface then all bets are off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin#Diving_bell_accident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin#Diving_bell_acci...
1atm->0atm won't do it, but apparently 9atm->1atm can.
- eksith 13y agoThat's one of the most horrifying things I've ever read. I thank you for the lesson; not so much for the nightmares.
- scott_s 13y agoMythbusters did something similar. They tested what would happen to a diver if you cut the hose in one of those old-school diving suits that had a hose connecting them to the surface. It's not pretty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEY3fN4N3D8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEY3fN4N3D8 Pressure differentials are powerful.