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[deleted] t1_jdlofqn wrote

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OvidPerl OP t1_jdlqfj1 wrote

It's not the water from space. Space suits are enormously complicated. They're basically human-shaped space ships.

Have you ever noticed that they're always white? This is to reflect the heat. However, they can't reflect all of the heat, so they have cooling systems using water to flow constantly through the suit, keeping the astronaut alive. It was a leak in this system that flooded the helmet.

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ClassicCodes t1_jdm2cgk wrote

"Space" technically includes everything in existence, since the universe is made of space-time, but no it is not completely filled with water. The water came from inside the suit's cooling system which is necessary since without air in space heat can only be radiated away via infrared radiation which doesn't work well and would overheat the person quickly. Bubbles escaping from space suits could be various liquids leaking and immediately boiling as they enter the zero pressure vacuum of space, but I've never seen these videos so this is just an educated guess.

Also, gravity and the magnetic field from our planet prevent the atmosphere from being stripped away by air pressure and solar winds. The further you get from the center of mass of the planet, the thinner the atmosphere until you eventually get to a low enough air pressure that it becomes a vacuum.

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The_Flurr t1_jdmhp7t wrote

Have you heard of a little thing called gravity?

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Skips3000 t1_jdlzlvm wrote

Ever hear of the atmosphere? That’s what keeps our air on the planet…

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ClassicCodes t1_jdm0stz wrote

Ummm, our atmosphere IS the air... It's not some container around the planet.

Gravity and the magnetic field of the Earth prevent the atmosphere from being stripped from the planet by air pressure and solar winds, respectively.

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