unluckysadness
Elementalist
- Jul 9, 2025
- 845
Nobody talks about the "astronaut method". You'll just need to :
- become an astronaut
- fly to the ISS with a simple rocket
- go into space and open your helmlet and this is it
Fast and reliable death. I wonder why they don't speak about this method in the PPH...
This is what ChatGPT thinks about it :
If an astronaut opens their helmet in space, the consequences would be catastrophic and almost instantaneous. Here's what would happen, step by step:
Immediate loss of pressure
Space is an almost perfect vacuum. By opening the helmet, the air inside the astronaut's lungs and body would rush out violently. If the astronaut tried to hold their breath, their lungs could rupture due to the pressure difference.
Drop in pressure and boiling of body fluids
It wouldn't get "cold" right away, but the extremely low pressure would make body fluids (like saliva, tears, and blood) boil at body temperature. This is known as explosive decompression.
Rapid deoxygenation of the blood
Without air to breathe, the astronaut would lose consciousness in about 10–15 seconds because of oxygen deprivation in the brain.
Body swelling
The body would swell slightly (up to twice its normal volume) as dissolved gases in the tissues expanded, but the skin and soft tissues would prevent the body from exploding.
Death within 1–2 minutes
After about 90 seconds without oxygen, brain cells would start to die, and death would follow soon after.
No instant freezing or explosion
Unlike what's often shown in movies, the astronaut wouldn't instantly freeze or explode — they would float unconscious, their body cooling slowly through radiation.
- Unconscious after ~15 seconds
- Death after ~1–2 minutes
- No explosion, but severe internal damage and oxygen loss