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If I was naked in space and was floating in the middle of an oxygen/nitrogen gas cloud where both gasses were distributed equally at a 3:1 ratio, would I be able to breathe?

>> No.3075356

>>3075346

no you'd be dead due to lack of air pressure

>> No.3075361

>>3075356
pressure wasn't in the question, so you can assume it's unimportant.

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3075367

>>3075356
>>air pressure

Ugh, what the fuck are british people doing to science.

>> No.3075368

no

>> No.3075380

>>3075346
Wouldn't it be really cold though?

>> No.3075399

Yeah but you'd freeze in no time

>> No.3075473

No, in space clouds of gas are far less dense than air on earth, the density of the gas would be two low to breathe. If for some wierd reason it was dense enough, it would also have to be at the right temp for you to survive for any real amount of time. I suppose if you had that, and perhaps a slowly melting comet to slurp tasty water off, you would only have to worry about food.

>> No.3075811

I think OP's point is that he is the most massive body in the universe for the purpose of the hypothetical.

You still don't have enough gravitational pull.