# Spacewalk w/No Spacesuit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacewalk-w-no-spacesuit/386927>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 6, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacewalk-w-no-spacesuit/386927 "2007-01-06T13:17:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacewalk-w-no-spacesuit/386927/21 "2007-01-07T08:09:54Z")

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[thread=335681]what would happen to me in space?[/thread]  
[thread=338437]Human Pressure Tolerance[/thread]  
[thread=391995]Why is decompression explosive?[/thread]

Short summary: the sort of explosive decompression you see in Peter Hyams movies is pure Hollywood bullshit, as it what your high school chemistry teacher told you.

Stranger

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacewalk-w-no-spacesuit/386927/22 "2007-01-07T09:19:36Z")

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Here is [one possible way to spacewalk without a spacesuit](http://www.allmichaeljackson.com/dance-moves.html), with detailed instructions for the do-it-yourself enthusiast.

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