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| | What would happen to you if you stepped into space without a spacesuit? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | On Mars, the eyes of a man exposed to the near-vacuum of the martian atmosphere, pop out of his head and dangle by their optic nerves on the sides of his face (See the movie 'Total Recall'). |
 | | Enroute to jupiter on the Discovery spacecraft, Astronaut Dave Bowman space walks for 15 seconds with no helmet, and in no apparent pain, succeeds in reentering the Discovery through an open hatch (See the movie,'2001:A Space Odyssey'). |
 | | Fortunately, only in science fiction stories do humans ever come into direct contact with the vacuum of space, but these contacts are often portrayed as having horrific consequences. |
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