Farting in outer space

[jeffadelic]

What would happen if you farted in outer space ?

 

[kirstisbacktt]

You'd start moving away from the fart, luckily.

 

[pengworm]

Are you in a spacesuit?

 

[baseball_247_365]

if you like

 

[McGruffaAMtttTibetttt]

Given that there is no friction in space that one small fart for mankind could probably keep you going indefinatley, who needs rocket fuel.

 

[timmych225]

Add mexican food, and suddenly you can timetravel.

 

[eldeoro]

In a spacesuit, you wouldn't go anywhere... there'd be no net force. But there may be some gyroscopic effects from the circulating gases.

 

[oldergirl]

farting in outer space wouldnt be the same as you cant hear them!

 

[BroncoFan4Life]

Silent but violent then?

 

[bouiver]

yes silent but violent!

and potentially deadly to the distant moon azamanjo

 

[Klueril]

Assuming no space-suit, I think the issue would be trying *not* to fart in outer space.

This has to be one of the wierdest threads on MAP, and that's saying something!

 

[lalalaayou]

I agree, given that there is no friction if you farted enough you would eventualy build enough momentum aproach the speed of light and thus achieve time travel.

 

[Fr3sh]

lol so mexican food and farting in outer space is the formula for time travel! you could be onto something!

 

[cherry_pie260]

Unless you had a little fart tube.

 

[buffpuff]

*Hopes AZietung doesn't see this*

 

[Aisha]

I love how MAPPERS give completely serious answers too completely strange questions.

 

[IslandPrincess]

Oh, I can make it so much worse

If you are in a spacesuit and/or spaceship, it slightly raises the methane level in the atmosphere until the atmosphere scrubbing equipment removes it.

 

[luvasha]

what would happen if you burped and farted at the same time?

would you spin violently into a jetwash of somersaults?(sp?)

 

[curtmoe2]

Uh oh... if we did this then we'd have to listen to more of the same whiney crowd that is on about the uber-deadly Mexican illegals in the US.

 

[SofaKing]

Not sure... but I think I have one experiential answer in a book at home somewhere. Pogue's "How do you go to the bathroom in space?"