Jim LeBlanc Survives Early Spacesuit Vacuum Test Gone Wrong (2012)

Re:Jim LeBlanc Survives Early Spacesuit Vacuum Test Gone Wro... by DoofusOfDeath on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:54PM (#18528233)

I'm really curious about the small structures in his lungs. I would have feared them getting totally trashed by the pressure imbalance, making his lungs useless even after the outside pressure was restored.

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Re:Jim LeBlanc Survives Early Spacesuit Vacuum Test Gone Wro... by pryce on Sunday November 25, 2018 @03:44PM (#18528915)

That's an interesting hypothesis. The alveoli are delicate and highly vascularized, but then they are also already evolved specifically to facilitate rapid gas exchange, and geared to rapidly offload our CO2. It would be fascinating to see empirical information about their performance in these conditions.

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