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15 seconds without oxygen seems low [Mothership]
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The low pressure causes the gasses to leave your blood, rapidly deoxigenating it; leading to hypoxia and death shortly later. It seems no animal has ever survived more than 90 seconds of vacuum exposure.
This page talks about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_spaceflight_on_the_human_body#Vacuum
Other than the Tardigrades of course.
Those cocky bastards
Thanks for the link. I’d forgotten about this. Of course, I’ve only read it phrased in the scenarios where scuba divers resurface too fast.
I guess my proposed solution only works within a pressurized environment.