Wednesday 29 November 2017

physiology - Can the body of any organism on Earth live without impairment both in vacuum, and within Earth's atmosphere?


I know from reading that a human in vacuum needs a space-suit to survive.


Is the body of any organism on Earth capable of living equally in vacuum, and on/below Earth's surface within the atmosphere?



Answer



Remarkably, Tardigrades are multi-cellular animals which can survive the vacuum of space.


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