Arthur C. Clarke wrote a short story about all that, making it about a space station where a section of living quarters got detached from the rest of the structure. The men inside were temporarily safe, but their air would not last long enough for a ship and crew to reattach it. The solution was that the rescue party, in spacesuits, would cut away a section of wall and the survivors would have to propel themselves through vacuum over to the nearby rescue ship.
Basically, Clarke's prediction in this story was that "space breathing" would be uncomfortable, but for a short enough exposure cause no permanent damage... but it gave all of them the worst sunburn of their lives.
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Date: 2013-07-21 11:59 pm (UTC)Basically, Clarke's prediction in this story was that "space breathing" would be uncomfortable, but for a short enough exposure cause no permanent damage... but it gave all of them the worst sunburn of their lives.