If a small hole is made in a space ship's hull would it explode?

Subject: If a small hole is made in a space ship's hull would it explode?

Date: Mon Jan 15 06:26:29 2007
Posted by Aaron O'Neil
Grade level: 10-12 School: Winthrop Baptist College
City: Perth State/Province: Western Australia Country: Australia
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 1168867589.Eg

Message:


In films such as StarWars we often see the big battleships taking hundreds of
hits and these seem to do very little damage. It is meerly out of curiosity that
I'm wondering if the vacuum of space would "suck" the air out with such a force
that it could literally tear the ship to pieces given enough time?

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