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That doesn't mean the water was super hot, though.
by thekingofspain 12y ago
That doesn't mean the water was super hot, though.
- wil421 12y agoThe next sentence in the article is: >Water boils at lower temperatures as pressure decreases.
- viewer5 12y agoSo it wouldn't feel boiling-hot, just weird and bubbly?
- Sharlin 12y agoYes. Probably something like a carbonated beverage but without the acidity.
- syncsynchalt 12y agoLike Pop Rocks, yes.
- lutorm 12y agoAnyone who's put liquid nitrogen in their mouth (and if you haven't, you've missed out) knows the feeling.
- scoot 12y agoPlease don't: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9594000/Warning-over-liquid-nitrogen-drinks-after-girl-loses-stomach.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/9594000/Warning-over-liqui...
- lutorm 12y agoYeah, you should obviously not actually ingest it.
- DigitalJack 12y agoThe risk of shattered teeth stopped me from trying that one.
- ProAm 12y agoStill terrifying.
- Zikes 12y agoHard to imagine it would feel much different from a mouthful of Pop Rocks, really.
- DanBC 12y agoBut pop rocks at 15km when you've just been blown out of a malfunctioning space vehicle still strapped to your chair while you're tryi to unbuckle it so you can pull the shute. Just like pop rocks.
- Zikes 12y agoThe context is an account of an incident in a NASA vacuum testing chamber where a tester's suit lost pressure, not of the crash. I'm quite certain both experiences on the whole would be terrifying, but as the detail of the saliva boiling on the tongue was singled out to be terrifying on its own, that is what I based my comment on. In my imagining of what it would feel like to have your saliva boil yet not be under a great amount of heat, I can only imagine it would feel like a mouth full of pop rocks. I don't find that terrifying.
- sp332 12y agoThe air was either way too thin to breathe, or quite hot (or both). Pretty uncomfortable no matter what.
- ajcarpy2005 12y agoWouldn't the air have been cold?
- sp332 12y agoMaybe not if a spaceship was exploding nearby?
- robotcookies 12y agoYeah, any liquid water will boil in a vacuum, even if it's at body temperature or even colder (as long as it's not frozen of course).
- chrisbennet 12y agoIn high school chemistry class, we watched as water under a vacuum boiled and then turned to ice.