Hypoxia is actually relatively peaceful… not as instant as pressure implosion, but better by far than drowning
Not in the way that it would have happened in an environment that’s CO2 levels are slowly increasing.
That’s the thing I’m not sure of. Did they have CO2 scrubbers on board?or were they constantly flushing out the old air with fresh air? Cause if you have 200 hrs of time with the scrubbers, and 96 he’s of air, you’ll die of hypoxia. But if you have no scrubber and just constantly flush the air through, then when the air runs out it’s much worse. My guess is they have CO2 scrubbers just cause it seems like a much easier way to carry enough breathing gas for that many people for that long. But I’m really guessing.
I think the problem is more being stuck in a dark small and cramped space with 4 other people for 96 hours, where there is no on-board toilet and you just don’t know if help will arrive in time or not.
Compared to that, I think an instant death due to implosion sounds preferrable.
Is it? I thought you’d just get confused and drowsy until you sleep forever.
That is what happens. Confined spaces that have little oxygen are extremely dangerous and have had quite a few deaths because of them. Those who are working in them literally just feel dizzy and confused, fall asleep and die from the lack of oxygen. There’s about 100 deaths per year in the U.S. Sometimes even rescuers die because they don’t know about it as well. They try to rescue, get confused and die. Hypoxia is a terrifying thing.
