8 years ago
Alec Ryder (spoilers)
No matter how I try, I can't feel sorry for him or make him heroic...
and his death doesn't make sense in the first place.
Penetrating the suit isn't a death sentence or the comm lady would al...
They pull the drowned and hypothermic back from the dead past 4 minutes. They can also do that with heart attack victims. Pure vacuum it depends on your body mass, and if you empty your lungs or not, but even brushes with that have been survived. https://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2008/06/how-long-can-you-survive-in-vacuum-of.html
Here's a better article from Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/survival-in-space-unprotected-possible/
The suit should automatically try to pressurize and blow air out through whatever hole there is until the supply runs out - or it would never work as a spacesuit in the first place.
I don't think they've heard of 'Buddy breathing'
It's an ancient milky way technique used by scuba divers lost to the modern space-faring peoples with detachable oxygen helmets 🙂
@RedM3rcury wrote:
I don't think they've heard of 'Buddy breathing'
It's an ancient milky way technique used by scuba divers lost to the modern space-faring peoples with detachable oxygen helmets 🙂
That assumes it's feasible and doable with their equipment and that player Ryder isn't basically unconscious already. It requires a bit of teamwork to do it right.