Places
17 questions in the places category.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How long could you survive in deep space? | About fifteen seconds of consciousness, and roughly ninety seconds before the damage becomes irreversible. |
| Could you survive on Mars? | Unprotected, under two minutes. In a pressurised habitat, indefinitely — the limits become supply and radiation. |
| How long can you survive in the death zone on Everest? | Hours to a couple of days. Above about 8,000 metres the body deteriorates no matter what you do. |
| How long can you survive adrift in the open ocean? | In warm water with a raft, three to five days without drinking water — but immersion in cold water is measured in hours. |
| How long could you survive on the Moon? | About fifteen seconds of consciousness without a suit. With one, the record stay is 75 hours. |
| How long could you survive in the Mariana Trench? | Unprotected, no measurable time at all — the pressure is over a thousand times atmospheric. In a submersible, as long as the life support lasts. |
| How long can you survive in Antarctica? | Minutes to an hour unprotected in a winter storm — or indefinitely, since around a thousand people overwinter there every year. |
| How long can you survive in the Sahara Desert? | Around a day without water in summer daytime heat, and several days if you can stay in shade and move only at night. |
| How long could you survive on Venus? | Seconds. The surface is 465 °C at ninety-two times Earth's atmospheric pressure — the hardest place in the solar system to land on. |
| Could you survive on Jupiter? | There is no surface to survive on — you would fall inward until pressure and heat ended it, within minutes. |
| How close to the Sun could you survive? | Nothing solid survives contact — but a shielded spacecraft has flown within about 6 million kilometres of the surface. |
| How long could you survive on a desert island? | Fresh water decides it. With a spring or reliable rain, years; without, about three days. |
| How long can you survive on the International Space Station? | Indefinitely while it is resupplied — it has been continuously crewed since November 2000. |
| How long can you survive in the Arctic? | Hours unprotected in winter — but roughly four million people live above the Arctic Circle permanently. |
| How long can you survive in a cave? | With water and warmth, months — people have done it deliberately. Without light or a way out, hypothermia is the clock. |
| How long can you survive in a rainforest? | Water and warmth are free, so weeks are plausible — infection, injury and navigation are what actually end it. |
| Could you survive on Titan? | You would not need a pressure suit, only air and extreme insulation — the surface is -179 °C at about 1.5 bar. |
- How long could you survive in deep space? About fifteen seconds of consciousness, and roughly ninety seconds before the damage becomes irreversible.
- Could you survive on Mars? Unprotected, under two minutes. In a pressurised habitat, indefinitely — the limits become supply and radiation.
- How long can you survive in the death zone on Everest? Hours to a couple of days. Above about 8,000 metres the body deteriorates no matter what you do.
- How long can you survive adrift in the open ocean? In warm water with a raft, three to five days without drinking water — but immersion in cold water is measured in hours.
- How long could you survive on the Moon? About fifteen seconds of consciousness without a suit. With one, the record stay is 75 hours.
- How long could you survive in the Mariana Trench? Unprotected, no measurable time at all — the pressure is over a thousand times atmospheric. In a submersible, as long as the life support lasts.
- How long can you survive in Antarctica? Minutes to an hour unprotected in a winter storm — or indefinitely, since around a thousand people overwinter there every year.
- How long can you survive in the Sahara Desert? Around a day without water in summer daytime heat, and several days if you can stay in shade and move only at night.
- How long could you survive on Venus? Seconds. The surface is 465 °C at ninety-two times Earth's atmospheric pressure — the hardest place in the solar system to land on.
- Could you survive on Jupiter? There is no surface to survive on — you would fall inward until pressure and heat ended it, within minutes.
- How close to the Sun could you survive? Nothing solid survives contact — but a shielded spacecraft has flown within about 6 million kilometres of the surface.
- How long could you survive on a desert island? Fresh water decides it. With a spring or reliable rain, years; without, about three days.
- How long can you survive on the International Space Station? Indefinitely while it is resupplied — it has been continuously crewed since November 2000.
- How long can you survive in the Arctic? Hours unprotected in winter — but roughly four million people live above the Arctic Circle permanently.
- How long can you survive in a cave? With water and warmth, months — people have done it deliberately. Without light or a way out, hypothermia is the clock.
- How long can you survive in a rainforest? Water and warmth are free, so weeks are plausible — infection, injury and navigation are what actually end it.
- Could you survive on Titan? You would not need a pressure suit, only air and extreme insulation — the surface is -179 °C at about 1.5 bar.