Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) Spacewalk and Rescue

[ki1ng]

Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it!

[bynddrvn5]

I looked up the number, and it is a phone number in Greene, Maine.

Hope no one actually has this phone number ;)

[sidewaysfcs0718]

your lungs coudnt possbily keep the air in them because of the pressure, the coldness would also instantly freeze you and the negative pressure would pretty much rip u appart :)

[Neolangley]

LMFAO...thats my phone NUMBER !!

[PirateJeans]

"ford"

"yes"

"i think i'm a sofa"

"i know how you feel"

AHHHHH!

I LOVE THAT.

[thermopoly13]

there is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened. -Douglas Adams

[OntologicalQuandary]

What theory says that? I am very interested to find out!

[thermopoly13]

its a quote it one of the books from the hhgttg trilogy

[ShadowDane1o1]

Honestly people in all actuality you'd probably just be instantly frozen seeing as there's no way for you to stay warm

[joseph219]

You probably can't turn into a sofa either. Get a sense of humor dumb ass.

[AlchemistiD]

They wouldn't instantly freeze.

That's a pretty common mistake due in no small part to Hollywood failing physics in particular, and science in general, on a semi-regular basis.

The atmospheric heat we enjoy is radiated on Earth from the Sun. The Sun is, essentially, one constant massive thermonuclear explosion held in check by a combination of heat and it's own gravity.

The Earth is heated by convection from the Sun. And so is space.

[slartibartfast1992]

That's good to know, but is it really true? I always thought the only form of heat propagating through space was radiation, not convection; convection would imply a current of gas or liquid flowing and taking heat from a hot place to a cold place, wouldn't it? So what's the gas that fills the vacuum of space so substantially so as to convect?

I also didn't think the amount of heat captured by something the size of a human body would be enough to prevent the body from freezing.

[AlchemistiD]

I can see where my post might cause confusion, sorry about that, let me be clearer.

Space has no temperature.

Heat is radiated from a local star like the sun, objects collect heat, but in space there is nowhere for the heat to convect to once stored.

There are many cold objects in space, but the likelyhood of touching any of them and losing enough heat to freeze is nil. Space is, after all, quite big. You simply wouldn't believe how mind-bogglingly big it is.

[AlchemistiD]

In fact, one of the biggest difficulties in designing modern spacecraft isn't heating them, it's figuring out how to cool them down because there's nearly nowhere for the heat to go.

[slartibartfast1992]

Oh, I see. I should be embarassed that I hadn't thought of it, really, but for some reason all I can think of is how brilliant the idea is.

I mean, you can't lose heat through conduction or convection because theres nothing out there, the only choice left is radiation and, well, a human body at 36 C wouldn't radiate a huge amount of energy out, would it? In fact, I'd think that the energy input from the sun would more than compensate for it.

I just had my eureka moment for today. Thanks!

[aman54321]

i no this post is 2 months old but..... are u suggesting you would heat up in space?????

[17352195746655]

I am. popular belief that a body would cool of is wrong, you see, because there is no substance around you to lose your heat to. because of imminent sunlight, also, some heat would be absorbed, meaning you would heat up.

[hnrksl]

@17352195746655 you'd be burned to death by solar radiation D:

[trier4952]

I love this scene...one of the funniest in the movie...I demand a SEQUEL!!

[thermopoly13]

read all five books of the trilogy!

[trier4952]

LMAO

[mjufpn]

I also read some of the quotes of the writer who wrote this book on wikipedia. By the way I had my comment limite exceeded and it told me to type in DUCKINIASS, What in Gods name does that mean_??

[OrchidAkuma]

I've been a sofa before. It's quite nice actually. Even when someone sits on you. When they have gas, its a different story entirely.

[ButteredMilk]

You can actually hold your breath in space, and survive. I don't know where i heard this from, but apparently your skin (possibly?) can withstand space's sonditions for a few seconds. Of course, you'd die soon after.

[emceha]

You would survive about a ninety seconds, you wouldn't explode, you would remain conscious for about ten seconds.

Google it for more:

Human Exposure to Vacuum

[mjufpn]

Decompression is imminent, since laws of physics are same in space, universe and so on.

[BernieEvil]

Until you hit a Black Hole

[ogicu8abruok0]

i thought you were supposed to exhale, not hold your breath

[hnrksl]

@ButteredMilk a dog can last about 2 minutes.

[LyncusBee]

Actually if you held your breath in in the vacuum of space you would most likely suffer explosive decompression; your blood would boil, your lungs would explode... and you'd not be very pretty... that's the genius of Adam's almost making fun of physics against misconceptions.

[emceha]

not true

[LyncusBee]

I stand corrected

[bluesenight]

blood boil? no, you need atmosphere for that.

lungs would explode? all so no, for that you need the air " to go in", and in space it would go out(i know my English sucks),if a scuba diver equipment fails, the most dangerous part is when he swim up the surface of the water, because if he try to breath air to fast his lungs will explode(it happened).

Explosive decompression in space is a myth, you can check in wiki.

[gasolinemcr]

i think i'm a sofa.

i know how you feel.

AAAAAAHHH!!!!

[trier4952]

@gasolinemcr my favorite funny scene from the movie lol

[Whatsthatsmell99]

lol talking sofa's. Can you do the part when it has that whale falling from the sky?

[VinceRocksMySocks]

i think stephen fry was the best thing about this film, with his awesome voice. well, one of the only good things about the film actually, its a shame its such a poor adaptation of such a great book (/radio series)

[spacehelmetforacow]

yeah, but all the stuff that wasn't in the books was added in by douglas adams (who wrote the script).

[calmac91]

Only some of it - he died while writing it.

[elixaristhedragon]

even though duglas wrote at least 80% of it

[Ichlachemichtot]

goodbye and thanks for all the fish