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what if I am in outer space but I'm 1cm too far away to grab my space ship door handle.

is there any way to get 1cm closer?

>> No.7041464

>>7041462
Take something you have with you and throw it on the opposite direction.

>> No.7041467

>>7041462
cut your left arm of and us it to grab the door.

>> No.7041471

>>7041462
Row with your arms for a really long time

>> No.7041475

>>7041471

how does this work in vacuum?

>> No.7041477

>>7041462
Just fart. It's not like anybody will hear you.

>> No.7041485

wait until u need to pee.
Pee in the opposite direction of your target.

>> No.7041486

>>7041464
this, throw off your spacesuit and hope you'll get air in time

>> No.7041487

>>7041485
or poop, take the poop and throw the poop in that direction

>> No.7041493

>>7041475
How? Really really slowly. But there's also no friction so it might be enough for 1 cm.

>> No.7041495

>>7041493

where does the force come from?

>> No.7041499

>>7041471
Brush your hands against the suit instead, you'll ablate tiny amounts of materials.
Or pull off your glove and throw it away.

>> No.7041510

>>7041495
There is no perfect vacuum.

>> No.7041514

>>7041462
>what if I am in outer space but I'm 1cm too far away to grab my space ship door handle.
>is there any way to get 1cm closer?

Yes, you use your SAFER
>SAFER is like a life jacket. Spacewalkers working on the space station wear SAFER. Astronauts are usually connected to the station by a tether. If an astronaut should become untethered and float away, SAFER would help her or him fly back to the station. SAFER is worn like a backpack. It uses small nitrogen-jet thrusters to let an astronaut move around in space. Astronauts can control SAFER with a small joystick.

Or you can throw away one of several peripherals that you have. Like the wrist mirror or checklist.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/clickable_suit_nf.html#.VM1Aip3F98E

>> No.7041516

>>7041462
Put more mass on the lower part of your body
Although your center of mass is at the same position, you can reach further with your hands

>> No.7041520 [DELETED] 

Release a poop from your anus and you'll go in the opposite direction the poop goes.
I'll have been telling NASA to make the butt of the spaceship mechanical so you can easily open since 1998, but they just won't listen!

>> No.7041571

>>7041462
Throw something in the opposite direction of the door, hard.

If you can't throw something try and shift your center of mass in a direction so that it would bring your arm a bit closer to the door. Curl up into a ball, swing your legs, move your other other arm away from the door, anything you can.

If that doesn't work then god speed ;_;7

>> No.7041607

>>7041462
cut your nails and throw them opposite from door

>> No.7041611

>>7041607
or wait for the gravity of the (hopefully big) spaceship to do its magic

>> No.7043207

holy shit XD nothing has made me laugh more than this thread here XD

>> No.7043222

>>7041486
Space air is really toxic though.

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7043230

Would the cat maneuver let you be able to reorient yourself in free space?

>> No.7043626

>>7041462
Hit yourself in the back.
It works.

>> No.7043638

if my gravity calculation is correct it will take 1 minute to collide.

>> No.7043662

>>7041495
from your muscles?

>> No.7043856
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bend over, your arms are now substantially closer to the door