2 minutes isn't much time to accomplish anything in a space suit. Your buddy needs to recognize what's happened, get to you, drag you into the airlock, and repressurize the airlock. Unless this happens directly next to the airlock door, I think you're done for.
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2 minutes isn't much time to accomplish anything in a space suit. Your buddy needs to recognize what's happened, get to you, drag you into the airlock, and repressurize the airlock. Unless this happens directly next to the airlock door, I think you're done for.
Your conscious time is more like 15 seconds, according to the article. All you're going to accomplish is hitting a panic button.
Or patch the hole, if there is a hole. But your points is valid that its not a lot of time.
Or, they throw you into a rescue ball. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Rescue_Enclosure