Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIf you took a plant and ejected it from a space station, directly into space. What is the maximum time it could be out there and still grow after?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10
arrow-up125arrow-down1message-squareIf you took a plant and ejected it from a space station, directly into space. What is the maximum time it could be out there and still grow after?Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareCouldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoThings don’t freeze in space. It’s actually very hard to lose heat in space because a vacuum is a very good insulator. If it’s in direct sunlight it’ll get hot. Also to freeze you need moisture, which typically boils off in a vacuum.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoIt’s a nitpick, but boiling causes cooling. If you dump water into space you actually do get a mix of ice and steam/vapour. Otherwise, yes. If we assume most of the water is still inside the plant it will take some time to cool.
Things don’t freeze in space. It’s actually very hard to lose heat in space because a vacuum is a very good insulator. If it’s in direct sunlight it’ll get hot.
Also to freeze you need moisture, which typically boils off in a vacuum.
It’s a nitpick, but boiling causes cooling. If you dump water into space you actually do get a mix of ice and steam/vapour.
Otherwise, yes. If we assume most of the water is still inside the plant it will take some time to cool.