Question: You are a passenger on a spacecraft. For your survival and comfort, the interior contains air just like that at the surface of the Earth.

You are a passenger on a spacecraft. For your survival and comfort, the interior contains air just like that at the surface of the Earth. The craft is coasting through a very empty region of space. That is, a nearly perfect vacuum exists just outside the wall. Suddenly, a meteoroid pokes a hole, about the size of a large coin, right through the wall next to your seat. What will happen? Is there anything you can or should do about it?

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