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Originally Posted by crich70
There are plenty of errors in Sci Fi. I remember in one Star Trek movie they show a bottle of champaign revolving in space til it hits the hull of a star ship whereupon it shatters and liquid splatters. I'd think that a rigid substance like a champaign bottle would shatter in vacuum as there would be no external pressure and plenty of internal.
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Nope. A thin glass container will easily withstand a 1 bar+ pressure differential. Glass is pretty strong stuff - it's just susceptible to impacts.
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Not to mention the contents should freeze solid at 250 below zero (the temp in orbital space).
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It would either freeze or explode depending on whether or not it was in sunlight. Space itself has no "temperature".