mtnviewguy

mtnviewguy t1_ith4ixo wrote

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.

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