In Event of Moon Disaster (1969)

Re:In Event of Moon Disaster (1969) by rocky1138 on Saturday April 08, 2017 @09:18AM (#14066756)

I had always assumed they brought cyanide pills with them just in case of disaster. I know that if I was stranded on the moon with no hope of escape, I wouldn't want to sit there for 2 or 3 days until dying of starvation. I'd rather just eat a pill and be done with it.

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Re:In Event of Moon Disaster (1969) by bonzini on Saturday April 08, 2017 @09:54AM (#14066903)

They probably would have died of CO2 poisoning, since the air filters were only available in limited quantity.

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Re:In Event of Moon Disaster (1969) by thearn4 on Saturday April 08, 2017 @11:25AM (#14067354)

they could probably have just depressurized their suits and would have lost consciousness extremely quickly.

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Re:In Event of Moon Disaster (1969) by wdr1 on Sunday April 09, 2017 @02:07AM (#14070748)

This.

Whenever asked about cyanide, the astronauts always laughed, because if they wanted to kill themselves, there were about a million ways to do so. They didn't need cyanide.

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