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 Not going back with ever shifting delays despite the fact technology would make it immeasurably easier to pull off today than back then. And we're presented with the most comical CGI animations as proof 😂

'The vacuum of space is characterized by extremely low pressures, measured in units of torr (Torr). In deep space, the pressure is estimated to be around 1-10 x 10^-17 Torr, which is an incredibly rarefied environment. For comparison, the pressure in a typical laboratory vacuum chamber is around 10^-6 Torr.'

"Humans can survive in a vacuum-like environment with pressures as low as 15 Torr (2 kPa) for short periods. This is evident from the NASA study on chimpanzees, which found that they survived 2.5-minute exposures to vacuum conditions at 15 Torr."

Billionaire floating in space: 👋👋👋