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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 84 points 4 days ago (8 children)

The nightmare of drowning in a water bubble in a microgravity enviornment

[–] abcd@feddit.org 25 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I never thought about this before. But you could absolutely drown in a huge water bubble surrounding your head in space.

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 5 points 3 days ago

It almost happened to someone doing a spacewalk, but thankfully he lived. A coolant line burst or something, and started filling the helmet with water

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