Take the Space Quiz

[Rblade]

Again... 404, and also I should point out that Yuri Gagarin was not the first man in space, and I'm not talking about the rumors of Russians sending people up in secret, or The Boss, it was actually a man called Joeseph Kittenger. Not only was he the first man in space, he also had the biggest balls of every astronaut since. He flew to space in an air balloon. Don't believe me? Look it up. But its what he did when he got to space that makes him the ballsiest man II've ever heard of. And you probably wouldn't believe me if I told you so look that up too.

Thanks you've given me something to do until the quiz is fixed.

This is the best video I could find, (the guy video'd what he did), some people don't seem to think 102,800 feet is space, but when you look at the video, it certainly looks like space to me.

sorry to say but space start (at least officially) at 100 km, that is to say 328 083 feet.

maby officially but around the 35 kilometers pressure has basicly dropped to 0. The atmosphere is therefore about 35 kilometers thick. I haven't read it up but that 100km might just be a sort off "interplanetery waters" kind of thing.

 

[righthanded]

Again... 404, and also I should point out that Yuri Gagarin was not the first man in space, and I'm not talking about the rumors of Russians sending people up in secret, or The Boss, it was actually a man called Joeseph Kittenger. Not only was he the first man in space, he also had the biggest balls of every astronaut since. He flew to space in an air balloon. Don't believe me? Look it up. But its what he did when he got to space that makes him the ballsiest man II've ever heard of. And you probably wouldn't believe me if I told you so look that up too.

Thanks you've given me something to do until the quiz is fixed.

This is the best video I could find, (the guy video'd what he did), some people don't seem to think 102,800 feet is space, but when you look at the video, it certainly looks like space to me.

that's pretty awesome. I guess technically, that's not space (100km) but it's still pretty bad ass. I don't think you could get much higher than that without propellant, certainly not much higher with a balloon.

 

[Darks63]

404 I r sad

 

[Veloxe]

maby officially but around the 35 kilometers pressure has basicly dropped to 0. The atmosphere is therefore about 35 kilometers thick. I haven't read it up but that 100km might just be a sort off "interplanetery waters" kind of thing.

From what I understood the 100km is basically the point someone figured out that you'd need some sort of propulsion to break out of earths gravity. Or something to that effect. But I'd say that dude, if at least not amazing, is close enough to space for my money.

Also, damn 404 ; ;

 

[The Last Nomad]

that's pretty awesome. I guess technically, that's not space (100km) but it's still pretty bad ass. I don't think you could get much higher than that without propellant, certainly not much higher with a balloon.

I think the balloon stopped rising at that height and thats the only reason he jumped out, it would have stopped rising because the atmosphere was not dense enough to keep him moving, so he really was on the very edge of outer space, maybe not technically space but still hella impressive.

 

[Rblade]

maby officially but around the 35 kilometers pressure has basicly dropped to 0. The atmosphere is therefore about 35 kilometers thick. I haven't read it up but that 100km might just be a sort off "interplanetery waters" kind of thing.

From what I understood the 100km is basically the point someone figured out that you'd need some sort of propulsion to break out of earths gravity. Or something to that effect. But I'd say that dude, if at least not amazing, is close enough to space for my money.

Also, damn 404 ; ;

a yeah, could very well be. and your right, number shenanigans aside, an awesome feat

 

[Best of the 3]

You could just wait till it doesn't say 404 guys =3=

And 1/10, geeeeeez

 

[Kaymish]

wow i was surprised 2nd on my first try lucky thing i did a wiki walk on the subject last week got me an 80%
I scored 80%, with 8 of 10 correct on The Escapist's Space Quiz. [br] [a href="/quizzes/view/144-Space-Quiz"]Take this quiz[/a]

 

[lolmynamewastaken]

1/10 and 70th out of 72.
we were aiming for the lowest score right?

 

[Owlslayer]

I have to say, this was one of the most difficult quizzes I've done. It took me 5 minutes, and i only got 70%. Even the guy in the first place (well, at least for now) did it in 5 minutes.



Also, what's a glass of Tang?

 

[Planetoid]

"Quick, what movie is this from?" = not a question about space.

Hello, we've had missions to Mars and Saturn in this century alone?! Jupiter probes! Tempel 1 flyby! Things that actually happened!

 

[Proteus214]

Also, what's a glass of Tang?

Spoiler

a dehydrated orange drink that was invented for the purpose of making sure astronauts got enough vitamin C in space.

Also, damn, I did not expect to that poorly on this quiz.

 

[infohippie]

Woo! First place in the quiz for once! Now let's see how many seconds that lasts... ;-p

 

[SenorNemo]

9/10, both times I tried. I'm not sure what I got wrong. Probably one of the movie ones or something.

 

[Baldr]

stupid PIXAR!, the only thing that tripped me up.

 

[Da Joz]

ouch, I tanked that one.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I scored 70%, with 7 of 10 correct on The Escapist's Space Quiz. Take this quiz [/quizzes/view/144-Space-Quiz]

Not bad I suppose.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Blasted movies! I can get the real stuff! It took 4 tries to get that right, but 5th place out of a few hundred isn't all bad...

 

[Anarchemitis]

4) In 1971 the cabin of Soyuz 11 depressurized killing the crew. Which is not likely to happen as a result of unprotected exposure to a vacuum?
Your body swells up to twice its normal size
Your muscles become paralyzed
Your eyeballs explode
Your lungs collapse

This question is wrong. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay] None of those things happen when exposed to a Vacuum.

When exposed to a vacuum, pressure is releived against the lungs and oxygen proceeds to be eliminated from the bloodstream. As soon as blood from the lungs that has been entirely deoxygenated reaches the brain, you lose consciousness, which only takes about 12 seconds. Shortly thereafter you will die of a lack of oxygen being supplied to your body.
The water in your mouth and on your eyes will boil, you will lose responsiveness of your body in general and you will get searing pain in your lungs, but your body is made of stern-enough-stuff to stay in one piece if exposed to ~0 PSI, the muscles will not deform because of a lack of pressure, and your eyes will not pop out. Nor do you swell up, cook alive, explode or freeze.

I also find little relevance of The Last Starfighter to actual Space stuff. Since when was that Hard science fiction?

Houston we have a problem

Hey we've got a problem here.

Uh Houston, we've had a problem.

 

[Twilight_guy]

5/10. You mean he didn't get super-stretch powers from cosmic radiation? WHAT?