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Re:How often do plane stowaways fall from the sky? by mukaiji on Friday September 14, 2012 @12:08PM (#4522354)
I don't believe you can survive in a true vacuum. Your skin would bruise instantly for one.
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Re:How often do plane stowaways fall from the sky? by joezydeco on Friday September 14, 2012 @12:24PM (#4522450)
Some anecdotal evidence here: http://www.geoffreylandis.com/vacuum.html
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Re:How often do plane stowaways fall from the sky? by Someone on Friday September 14, 2012 @02:32PM (#4523215)
Even if that is true, why do you think skin bruising is lethal?

Unsurprisingly, there is little data on this, but what there is seems to indicate that vacuum is survivable.see e.g. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.h..., http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2008/06/how-long-can-...

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