Space: The Ultimate Death Trap – Here’s What Sci-Fi Gets Wrong

The first problem you’ll face? There’s no atmosphere in space. The pressure difference between your body and the vacuum of space would cause all the air in your lungs to immediately rush out. Holding your breath won’t help either—doing so might cause your lungs to rupture.

Without air, oxygen stops flowing to your brain. In about 15 seconds, you’d lose consciousness. Luckily, you won’t be awake for what comes next.

As if things weren’t bad enough, the lack of pressure would cause the boiling point of water in your body to drop, making your blood and tissues start to vaporize. You’d swell up, but no, you won’t explode.

In space, there's no air to transfer heat, so one side of your body would bake in sunlight (up to 150°C), while the other side, in shadow, would freeze to -150°C. And if by some miracle you survived this far, you’d still be hit by intense solar radiation that could cause cancer or worse.

Finally, space debris, moving at speeds faster than bullets, could shred you to pieces. Imagine tiny metal fragments zooming past at over 17,000 miles per hour.

In space, it’s not just one thing that would kill you—it’s everything. From your lungs collapsing, to blacking out, to your body swelling, heating up, freezing, and getting shredded by debris. It’s a hostile environment that no human can survive for long.

Stay tuned,

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