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Can you hold your breath in space like in 2001 a space odyessy?
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∙ 14y ago
You would have no choice, since there's no air to draw in. If you started out with air in your lungs, you could force it out. But once your lungs were empty, you probably could not drop your diaphragm again (the action to draw breath in), since there would be nothing to flow in.
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Theoretically yes, but I wouldn't want to try - unless, like astronaut Dave Bowman, you have absolutely no other option.
Oh, and if you were to actually "hold your breath", you would burst your lungs. The trick would be to breathe very deeply to get your blood as oxygenated as possible, and then blow out all of your breath - and then pop the hatch with your mouth OPEN still trying to exhale. Pilots have survived explosive decompression to about 3% of normal air pressure, and they retain consciousness for about 45 seconds.
Which is how long you would have to repressurize the airlock before you passed out.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoYou would have to hold your breath to live. It would be your only choice. There would be no air to breathe in, because there isn't really any in space.
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When was Hold Your Breath created?
Hold Your Breath was created in 2008.
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A child can threaten to hold their breath until they die; however, they can realistically only hold their breath until they pass out.
