via theatlantic:
You’re an Astronaut on a Spacewalk — and Your Helmet Is Filling With Water
Imagine you’re an astronaut. Imagine you’re on a spacewalk. Imagine, in other words, that you are whirling above the Earth at more than 17,000 miles an hour, the only thing between you and the deadly vacuum of space a padded suit, a hardened helmet, and an umbilical tether that you hope is really, really strong.
Now imagine that your helmet, suddenly, starts filling with liquid.
Read more. [Image: NASA]
Is it okay if I don’t imagine this? What? This is something that actually happened? THIS MORNING?!
Kids, just a reminder that being in space is never routine, and there’s always improvements to be made by smart engineers like you.
In closing, I genuinely don’t know if I can see the new George Clooney/Sandra Bullock movie Gravity. I almost had an anxiety attack watching the trailer, PRECISELY FOR THIS REASON.
