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Terrifying simulation shows what would happen to a human body without a spacesuit in space

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Published 15:22 13 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Terrifying simulation shows what would happen to a human body without a spacesuit in space

Now, just make sure you don't forget your spacesuit next time you are up in space

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/@dgeye

Topics: Space, Science

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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Being an astronaut is a childhood dream for many, but they might rethink that career option if they saw what happens to the human body without a spacesuit.

That being said, I don't believe NASA or any other major space agencies would ever send someone up to do things in space without a spacesuit.

But still, the results of what happens without one isn't too pretty. In fact, the chances of you surviving are basically non-existent.

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So, if your macabre curiosity got the better of you, here is what it would look like:

A video created by DG EYE science on YouTube shows the scary details of what would happen if you’re ‘accidentally thrown out of your spacesuit’.

Not a really relatable situation for most of us, but it's quite interesting as it’s not what you might expect.

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The video explicitly said you wouldn't explode, so you can throw that concern out the window (or airlock). But depending on how you feel about your death, you might actually prefer it.

Rather, in the first few seconds, the gases in your body ‘will start to expand’ and the air in your lungs ‘will cause your lung tissue to rupture’.

Then, within five seconds, the ‘water on the surface of eyes, skin and mouth’ start to evaporate, and the water in your blood ‘starts to boil’.

A situation you hope to never EVER be in (YouTube/@dgeye)
A situation you hope to never EVER be in (YouTube/@dgeye)

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The simulation then shows the body swelling and becoming bigger, almost like a big human balloon, as the skin ‘is elastic and strong enough to withstand pressure’.

Then, after blacking out, the heart eventually ‘slows down and stops’ before you would 'die of asphyxiation', with the video showing the body turning grey.

According to Popular Science, an astronaut who is exposed to a space vacuum would experience their blood vaporising, along with the water in their body, in just 10 seconds.

They would then lose consciousness in 15 seconds as their body expands and lungs collapse.

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The unlucky astronaut would be paralysed, or more likely dead, in 30 seconds, most likely dying of asphyxiation or decompression.

The body begins to expand (YouTube/@dgeye)
The body begins to expand (YouTube/@dgeye)

If you’d like to see more of these terrifying simulation videos, there’s also a clip showing the gory details of what would happen if you were to fall into a jet airplane engine.

The freak accident ordeal begins with a human figure being sucked into the engine before quickly disintegrating into small red particles – like you’ve dropped a big tomato into a food processor.

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Unsurprisingly, the close-up shots show just how fast death would arrive for the unlucky victim, as there really isn’t much left of the animation within a couple of seconds.

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