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2001 A Space Odyssey - Space Mistake
Near the end of the movie, where HAL locks Dave out of the ship, Dave has to explode himself into the emergency air-lock area without a helmet. It has no air. The plan works, but it takes about 15 seconds for him to close the door and fill the room with air. By that time, if you understand that in space without a full suit, your blood will boil, then evaporate, your eyeballs will pop out, your head will cave in, and guts will explode. This doesn't happen, Dave is also holding his breath, which wouldn't work in real life, you would still die.
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Contributed By: Andrew Watson on 05-28-2001 and Reviewed By: Webmaster
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David of Mac writes:
It would indeed work. Dave wasn't holding his breath, and had blown it out before the hatch blew. His skin and vascular system would contain his blood fairly well, protecting it against the vacuum, so his blood wouldn't boil. Despite some Sci-Fi/Horror flicks that explode a person the instant they're exposed to vacuum for shock value, real life is not as icky and sudden. I once heard about a person who spent a few minutes in vacuum, and returned to his craft, only to die upon returning to Earth because of the bends. Poor guy.
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Roxana writes:
The scene is actually very realistic. Rather than explain why myself it's very nicely done by a NASA research scientist at this site: http://www.sff.net/people/geoffrey.landis/vacuum.html (note the section: has anyone survived vacuum exposure in real life? there are documented incidents)
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BJ writes:
The other booboo in this particular scene is that the pod does not blow away from the ship due to the pressure reales of the internal atmosphere of the pod. And, I don't recall seeing David Bowman ancor the pod with any kind of device.
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nennius writes:
Roxana is right, exposure to a vacuum is a slow death, not a quick one. Bowman might not even have suffered serious injury if his exposure was brief.
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