Why do Astronauts Need Space Suits?

[125gJoe]

You would become unconscious within 15 seconds because there is no oxygen.

Your blood and body fluids would "boil" and then freeze because there is little or no air pressure.

Your skin, heart and other internal organs would expand because of the boiling fluids.

You would face extreme changes in temperature:
sunlight: 248 degrees Fahrenheit / 120 degrees Celsius
shade: -148 F / -100 C

You would be exposed to various types of radiation, such as cosmic rays, and charged particles emitted from the sun (solar wind).


(just in case you wondered... )

 

[Lila]

But that all sounds like fun!!!



You're fun, darling.



Lila

 

[125gJoe]

Got a little bored, so why not post some incredible facts we don't need to know...?



Check out this pic!

The ISS by the numbers:

-Length, end-to-end: 361 feet.

-Area covered by solar arrays:
half an acre.

-Length of batteries lined up
end-to-end: 2,900 feet.

-Windows with view of Earth: 4

-Miles of wire: 8.

-Onboard computers: 52.

-Lines of code in the software:
1.7 million.


ISS Sunrise

A Flamingo...

 

[Ayrianth]

thanks for that astronaut info Joe. I'll keep it in mind next trip.

 

[StreetCypher]

That brought a smile to my face (and chuckling to myself).

Thanks for the facts Joe.

 

[Fishsmurf]

A Flamingo...

Coffee through the nose moment, just so unexpected, brilliant ..... :laugh: :laugh:

 

[greeneyedlady]

Gee what can one say to all that except

 

[Dangerdoll]

hehehe, Joe, you know all the good sites!