Frozen spaceman particles

[fausTVR]

Silly question time; In sci-fi films when someone is exposed to no-atmosphere space, standard practice is to immediately freeze and shatter in a million bits and slowly float away. In reality,I know the bodily fluids would quickly boil in situ, but wouldn't the vacuum of space (super cold though it is), to some extent have a insulating effect due to its poor heat conductivity, so bodily heat would have to leak away more slowly through convection.

Edited by fausTVR on Saturday 9th June 12:35

[fausTVR]

Max_Torque said:

fausTVR said:

so bodily heat would have to leak away more slowly through convection.

er, you mean radiation........... ;-) (no air to convect!)

How right you are, I knew my last word was highly suspect.

[fausTVR]

BIANCO said:

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answer...

Well found, bang on the nail.