Thread: to make the ends meet

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

If you need a Norwegian Space Engineer, let me know. I'll gladly join

OK Mr. Space Engineer, let's say I were in low-earth orbit at 360km and in the Earth's shadow. Due to an unexplainable quantum phenomenon, my space suit spontaneously disintegrates, exposing me to the vacuum of space. How long will it take for me to die of hypothermia*? (at 306K)

*I'm immune to the effects of hypoxia, due to a controversial astronaut drug.

306 K is a little warm for a LEO I would say. It really depends on the amount of clothes you have on, if you are only considering hypothermia (difference in temperatures) and nothing like aeronamic drag, hypoxia, solar radiation, etc.

Anyway, what part of Engineer did you not understand?

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Anyway, what part of Engineer did you not understand?

The part where you help me do my homework.

Basically the professor in question has a vendetta on the bad science in movies, and has asked a question of this sort so that we're forced to conclude it would actually take about 3 hours to freeze in a vacuum.

Also, what exactly do you do as a space engineer in California?

I myself am a pre-med chem. major, but I just sort of sit in on astrophysics classes to pick up hot chicks. (Seriously, it works.)

Originally Posted by BlackMage

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Anyway, what part of Engineer did you not understand?

The part where you help me do my homework.

Basically the professor in question has a vendetta on the bad science in movies, and has asked a question of this sort so that we're forced to conclude it would actually take about 3 hours to freeze in a vacuum.

Also, what exactly do you do as a space engineer in California?

I myself am a pre-med chem. major, but I just sort of sit in on astrophysics classes to pick up hot chicks. (Seriously, it works.)

Ah, well unfortunately those aren't the types of questions I am forced to deal with on a daily basis I basically design Attitude Determination and Control Systems for satellites.

Hot chicks in astrophysics? Well, they were few between in Engineering, that's for sure!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Hot chicks in astrophysics? Well, they were few between in Engineering, that's for sure!

Yeah there aren't any. That's why I chose medicine over aerospace engineering.

Though an unprotected human would not long survive in the clutches of outer space, it is remarkable that survival times can be measured in minutes rather than seconds, and that one could endure such an inhospitable environment for almost two minutes without suffering any irreversible damage. The human body is indeed a resilient machine.

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=741

A similar occurrence happened to an astronaut on Space Shuttle flight STS-37 in 1991. A small puncture was torn in the astronaut's glove and also made a small cut between his thumb and forefinger. The astronaut didn't even realize the accident had occurred during his spacewalk, but later noticed a painful swollen spot on his hand. The astronaut's skin and coagulated blood from the cut sealed the hole, and the minor injury quickly healed.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/at ... 0291.shtml

Originally Posted by BlackMage

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Hot chicks in astrophysics? Well, they were few between in Engineering, that's for sure!

Yeah there aren't any. That's why I chose medicine over aerospace engineering.

Hm. And I, дурак, thought it wise to study something that interested me, rather than where the cute chicks study...

Originally Posted by capecoddah

"Keep the wolves from the doorstep" "Keep the wolves at bay"

Modern wolves include, but are not limited to.. repo man

I've never actually heard of a repo man being a wolf, but I can see how they could be mistaken for such.

Originally Posted by Leof

does that mean in Russian сводить концы с концами?

Thank you!

That mean to live without money.

Yes, grek, I see.
The meaning of the Russian phrase is very similar.