[Help] What would happen if you took a balloon full of air into the vacuum of space?

Reply from chunkymove

chunkymove — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:27:53 +0100

pop

Reply from InsertFishHere

InsertFishHere — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:25:22 +0100

[quote thep]Yuniko.

Yes and that bit at the end. “And alsorts of other flying things”. Had me in stitches did that bit.[/quote]

you’ll be suprised, i saw a doughnut once on the way to iceland….

Reply from mighty_fin

mighty_fin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:08:01 +0100

no1 wud do this

Reply from thep

thep — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:02:03 +0100

Yuniko.

Yes and that bit at the end. “And alsorts of other flying things”. Had me in stitches did that bit.

Reply from Yuniko

Yuniko — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:57:51 +0100

[quote AdamMartinEdwardson]what, this is obvious, it would explode of course, thats how the new balloons are designed to burst before reaching anywhere near that altitude cus of airtraffic and alsorts of other flying things…[/quote]

That is definitively excelent info.
There is no such thing as too much knowledge. :)

Reply from InsertFishHere

InsertFishHere — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:18:51 +0100

what, this is obvious, it would explode of course, thats how the new balloons are designed to burst before reaching anywhere near that altitude cus of airtraffic and alsorts of other flying things…

Reply from mighty_fin

mighty_fin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:18:40 +0100

why do u need to know the answer

Reply from thep

thep — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:08:33 +0100

Sorry, the last bit should be, the air and the ruptured balloon would then float in space.

Reply from thep

thep — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:03:15 +0100

Think about it for a minuite. If the balloon is filled with air on earth. It has the preasure of the compressed air on the inside of the balloon verses the presure of air out side of the balloon. Taken into space there is no preasure on the outside of the balloon, to counter the preasure of compressed air inside the balloon. Therefore the ballon would expand. It would keep on expanding until the rubber of the balloon got that thin it would eventually rip or dissapear completely.
It would, I think, be more likely to rip. It would not explode as such but rupture. the air that is left would then float in space.

Reply from mighty_fin

mighty_fin — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:51:31 +0100

it would float around like a baloon :D

Reply from Yuniko

Yuniko — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:15:45 +0100

We need an physicist or something here.

The question got me curious!

Reply from Srinh

Srinh — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:14:35 +0100

probably. good point.

Reply from cabesa de fuego

cabesa de fuego — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:14:17 +0100

[quote Yuniko]Srinh, but space ships are made in order to maintain their internal pressure.Balloons are not that strong, wouldn’t the lack of pressure on the outside cause them to expand themselfes till they explode, in order to balance the pressure? Rubber is not that strong. =/[/quote]

I concur

Reply from Yuniko

Yuniko — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:13:50 +0100

Srinh, but space ships are made in order to maintain their internal pressure.

Balloons are not that strong, wouldn’t the lack of pressure on the outside cause them to expand themselfes till they explode, in order to balance the pressure? Rubber is not that strong. =/

Reply from Srinh

Srinh — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:12:06 +0100

lol. there’s air in space ships.

and what’s to the air in their?

everything floats.

because of lack of gravity.

Reply from Yuniko

Yuniko — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:11:04 +0100

Not that I have any expertise on the area, but my guess is that it would simply explode.