tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post5837206948729859461..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Is there a science teacher in the house?Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-65503446301472204302017-08-21T07:02:31.115-07:002017-08-21T07:02:31.115-07:00Awesome, thanks. You helped put my mind at ease. Awesome, thanks. You helped put my mind at ease. Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-48893616922918771862017-08-19T17:09:13.366-07:002017-08-19T17:09:13.366-07:00It's my understanding that one of the more bru...It's my understanding that one of the more brutal parts of space travel is radiation. Superman and maybe Wonder Woman might be fine, as they are invulnerable and mostly invulnerable but Aquaman is used to getting hit with even less radiation than us land humans. I would think he'd have no such adapted resistance to the radiation. kevhineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713012860119009177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-73924143376919255642017-08-17T21:08:27.932-07:002017-08-17T21:08:27.932-07:00So there's a pretty well known science class t...So there's a pretty well known science class thought experiment that asks how high Superman can suck water up a straw. The answer is about ten meters. Why so low? Superman has unlimited lung strength, but the lowest pressure he can provide is 0 atmospheres or vacuum. The height of the water is determined by the difference between the atmospheric pressure and the pressure in the straw, which is at most 1 atmosphere different. So it doesn't matter how hard Superman can suck he can't get the water any higher than about 10 meters (ignoring momentum of the water and other effects). <br /><br />This is all a long preamble to say that the pressure difference between space and internal body cavities is about 1 atmosphere. I can see that not being a problem for Aquaman as he is subject to external pressures up to 1000 times atmospheric pressure at the bottom of the sea. So, I can see it being plausible that he can hold his breath against the vacuum of space. Then again, how does Aquaman's water breathing work? Do his lungs fill with water? If so then there's really no pressure differential he has to contend with. That's comic books for you.<br /><br />As for cold, the real thing they would have to contend with is heat loss. In space there's little to no medium to transfer heat through conductive or convective heat loss, so all heat is lost in the form of radiation. In water, heat is lost through convection, conduction, and radiation. I think therefore that you'd lose heat more slowly in space than in extremely cold water. So, again, Aquaman is probably okay. <br /><br />As for the masks, as long as there's a good seal, and the material can withstand one atmosphere of pressure pushing out, they'd be fine. How the masks produce oxygen is a mystery though.<br /><br />For all the same reasons as Aquaman I'd say Superman is fine. He's basically invulnerable. I'm a bit more iffy on Wonder Woman since the extent of her powers and toughness has really varied over the years. But again, though maybe not as tough as Superman, I'd say she's as tough and strong as Aquaman and so would probably survive in space as well.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691832413025026900noreply@blogger.com