Conceptual question: Newton's Laws

[mateomy]

Suppose you have a can (like a spray can) in a vacuum. You poke a hole in the can and the pressure from the can pushes it to the right. Now suppose you have a vacuumed can within a pressurized container and then you poke a hole in it. Which way (if at all) does it move?

I know this is sort of like the Feynman sprinkler problem, and because of this (I guess) similar analog I keep thinking that it won't go anywhere. Is this correct?

 

[L-x]

My intuition suggests it will initially accelerate towards the side with the hole in it for the time it takes for gas particles to cross the vacuum inside the can and hit the inside wall. At this point there would, if the can were not moving, be no net force on the can, and it will now decelerate due to "air resistance" until it comes to rest.

I believe the can will accelerate towards the hole for exactly the time it takes for the gas particles to travel twice across the can .