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by craftyguy 2980 days ago
> we just all die instantly

It's surprising (to me at least) that it's not always instant. For example on the space shuttle Columbia, the astronauts went unconscious after a few seconds as the spacecraft was tumbling and breaking apart [1] but it's plausible that they could have regained consciousness if they survived the violent episode inside the shuttle as it broke apart.

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/science/space/31NASA.html