Submitted by gumby_the_2nd t3_yb52m4 in space
mtnviewguy t1_ith4ixo wrote
Reply to comment by fuck-fascism in decompression of liquids in outer space by gumby_the_2nd
You're being compressed right now. Atmospheric pressure applies 1 bar (~14.7 pounds per square inch - PSI) on your body externally at sea-level. That means you are currently being compressed with 41,160 pounds of force given an average of 2,800 square inches of skin surface. In a vacuum, that compression is released to nearly zero. You would be quite effectively decompressed.
fuck-fascism t1_ith4mql wrote
Just because pressure is applied to something doesn’t mean it compresses. Water does not compress.
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