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Hypothetical Situation

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Marshall Karp - 19 May 2006 21:10 GMT
David Blaine climbs to the top of Mt. Everest.  He is handed a scuba tank
and regulator and immediately beamed to the very bottom of  Valles Marineris
on
Mars on a balmy 50 degree day.

Could he live without a spacesuit?
Grumman-581 - 19 May 2006 21:57 GMT
> David Blaine climbs to the top of Mt. Everest.  He is handed a scuba
> tank and regulator and immediately beamed to the very bottom of
> Valles Marineris on Mars on a balmy 50 degree day.
>
> Could he live without a spacesuit?

For how long?  Ultimately, he will die...

Perhaps a better question might be:
"How long will he live?"
Or:
"How long will he remain conscious?"

At that temperature, the water in his body will not remain liquid for
long... Water boils at approximately 10C(=48.2F) on Mars... Now, will
he remain conscious long enough to die from dehydration?  Probably
not... The Martian atmospher is approximately 1/100th as dense as
Earth's... If he only had air and not O2 in the tank, it would result
in a PPO2 of 0.002... Mt. Everest has a pressure of about 1/3rd of sea
level, so even if someone could remain conscious without supplemental
O2 at the top, Mars would be approximately 3% of that... It is
extremely unlikely that someone could remain conscious on this little
O2... With 100% O2, we're now at 15% of the pressure at the top of
Everest... Still rather unlikely that someone would remain conscious
for very long... Long enough to say, "Oh sh.t, beam me back Scotty"?
Greg Mossman - 20 May 2006 03:03 GMT
> At that temperature, the water in his body will not remain liquid for
> long... Water boils at approximately 10C(=48.2F) on Mars... Now, will
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> Everest... Still rather unlikely that someone would remain conscious
> for very long... Long enough to say, "Oh sh.t, beam me back Scotty"?

How's about if you replaced the blood with tequila?  What's the boiling
point of tequila on Mars?
Grumman-581 - 20 May 2006 04:29 GMT
> How's about if you replaced the blood with tequila?  What's the boiling
> point of tequila on Mars?

Well, since tequila is just basically alcohol, water, and various
flavors, the water would still boil off... Since alcohol boils at a
lower temperature, it should boil off first, thus you might not have a
good of a buzz for as long of a time... I would expect the oxygen
deprivation to get you before the tequila even had a chance to take
effect...

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marshallkarp@gmail.com - 20 May 2006 13:38 GMT
First, what about a Mars temperature of -20 and he still has his Mount
Everest cold gear one.  Just a balmy day in Siberia.  Could he live
without a spacessuite?

Second, what about this scenerio.

David Blane summits Mount Everest.  He goes into his water bubble, with
his breathing unit.  David Copperfield teleports him immediately to
Mars.  What about theis one atmosphere of water pressure?  Could he
live without a spacesuit?
Grumman-581 - 20 May 2006 14:10 GMT
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OK, apparently you're just a fuckin' troll... But, just to cut this
short, no matter what scenario you come up with, he will die...
Guaranteed...
marshallkarp@gmail.com - 20 May 2006 22:06 GMT
Uh, no, just curious.  Have a nice day.
marshallkarp@gmail.com - 20 May 2006 22:10 GMT
But if the water bubble is now another atmosphere, why won't that work?
Dillon Pyron - 23 May 2006 22:21 GMT
>But if the water bubble is now another atmosphere, why won't that work?

He would have to be at the bottom of a column of water 33 feet deep to
get 1 ATM.  Which would either boil off or freeze.  So either way,
he's dead.

Oh yeah, there's no difference between breathing straight atmo and
breathing from a scuba regulator.  You're not going to get any air
forced into your lungs.  Same with breathing supplemental O2.  It's
still at atmospheric pressure, not some higher, blow your lungs out
pressure.

And David Blaine is a dick.
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