Are Airlocks Actually Deadly?

You've seen it in sci-fi a million times, but will a suddenly opening airlock actually suck you into space?

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[tekuaniaakab]

“Aria, now open the hatch”

*I’m afraid I can’t do that Kyle...*

[ABQSentinel]

"Would an Airlock Really Suck You Into Space?"
No, but it might blow you out into space.

[VirtualGobllim]

That cgi is actually pretty good for a youtube video, amazing, i love this channel

[TheDude]

And now I understand a scene from the Expanse better. Thanks!

[blivinRidr]

How does this jive with the explosive decompression on Byford Dolphin in 1983 that killed/mutilated five people when the diving bell decompressed rapidly. The force was enough to insta-boil the blood of the divers inside the chamber, and it splattered the one diver who opened the airlock as it squeezed him through the small opening.

Granted, that was 9 atmospheres to our standard atmosphere, so it was — I’d assume — a much higher contrast than what I’d expect an airlock-to-space would be.

[kikankuro]

Can we get an answer to why he smells like bacon after getting reconstructed?

[zzipzy]

Ngl I thought this was going to be a Among Us video

[thelastcube.]

Kyle hill, ruining my science fiction fantasies since 2021

[gallendugall]

The principal problem isn't the depiction of the airlock - it's the air. In popular science fiction air is portrayed as conveying gravity. So the second the air is gone the gravity is gone and viola.

[connorscorner]

"Breathing out so my lungs don't explode"
Yeet

[keiththomas]

love the ScianceSauce comment!!! is "V" and "Science" Sauces collaborating?? would make a GREAT video!!!

[gantoniopatriarca]

I can see increasing the pressure in the chamber if you want to shoot someone out into space, and I can see having STP in the airlock on the space shuttle or ISS because you are a few short hours from a resupply of air, but if you are 1.5 LY into a 4 LY journey would you want to be blowing a large volume of gas every time you need to go outside the ship to do repairs? Wouldn't it be better to draw down the pressure in the chamber to save air for the long haul? And if so, wouldn't it be easier to suffocate the person and then jettison them whenever you next need to go out?

[wabznasm]

One day I want to see a nerd show where the host has a sexy AI but it talks like a coal miner from 1960s Newcastle

[simonabunker]

So what version of Kyle are you up to now?

[SentientMeatbag]

Yes, you can easily resist a 0.1 G force, but _only_ if there's (artificial) gravity in the air lock.
If you're freely floating in the airlock with nothing to hold on to, you don't stand a chance.

[benhbook]

This is like kids learning to not struggle around in quicksand. Helpful to keeping you safe maybe, but it will probably never come up.

[drds]

Riker: "You were right. Somebody blew out the hatch. They were all sucked out into space."
Data: "Correction, sir, that's blown out."
Riker: "Thank you, Data."
Data: "A common mistake, sir."

Literally just watched the episode and then saw your video, so it was fresh in my mind. Great video, I just had to post this correction from Data though.

[danyalag]

There are two kinds of people in the world:
1. "We're in space, there's literally nothing out here."
2. "We're in space, literally everything is out here."

[Xaiff]

"Hey, scienceSauce. Kyle here."

- Kyle Stevens, host of scienceSauce

[ThisOldSkater]

So worst case scenario: Human potato gun.