• TheMightyCanuck
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    1 year ago

    Hypoxia is actually relatively peaceful… not as instant as pressure implosion, but better by far than drowning

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      1 year ago

      Not in the way that it would have happened in an environment that’s CO2 levels are slowly increasing.

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          1 year ago

          Indeed it would. The CO2 would trigger the breathing reflex and panic. Hypoxia does not trigger that and you start to lose yourself, similar to being drunk.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah I got a bit hypoxic on a mountain, it was 29F with a wind and here I am taking off my jacket feeling nice and warm overly euphoric.

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        1 year ago

        That’s the thing I’m not sure of. Did they have CO2 scrubbers on board?or were they constantly flushing out the old air with fresh air? Cause if you have 200 hrs of time with the scrubbers, and 96 he’s of air, you’ll die of hypoxia. But if you have no scrubber and just constantly flush the air through, then when the air runs out it’s much worse. My guess is they have CO2 scrubbers just cause it seems like a much easier way to carry enough breathing gas for that many people for that long. But I’m really guessing.

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        1 year ago

        You pass out because your brain goes to sleep, it’s not some painful choking death.

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      1 year ago

      I think the problem is more being stuck in a dark small and cramped space with 4 other people for 96 hours, where there is no on-board toilet and you just don’t know if help will arrive in time or not.

      Compared to that, I think an instant death due to implosion sounds preferrable.