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My 11 year old son just asked; if you had a straw long enough to go from the bottom of the ocean up to space, would space's vacuum suck the water out of the ocean? My gut says yes, but what does science say?

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My 11 year old son just asked; if you had a straw long enough to go from the bottom of the ocean up to space, would space's vacuum suck the water out of the ocean? My gut says yes, but what does science say?	3013