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[[File:planets_stars_asteroids_140_8170.jpg|frame| Because... you know... [[Atop the Fourth Wall
{{quote|''Captain, we've been attacked by some sort of force ray! Gah! Gyah! Space air is flooding in!''
''Right. Goggles on!''
▲{{quote|''Captain, we've been attacked by some sort of force ray! Gah! Gyah! Space air is flooding in!''<br />
Thanks largely to [[Speculative Fiction]], space is probably one of the most [[Hollywood Science|inaccurately portrayed]] things in modern media, to the extent that complete falsehoods are [[The Coconut Effect|widely accepted]] as fact.
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This is a very specific kind of [[Did Not Do the Research]], which may have been partially justified in earlier media as [[Science Marches On|the research back then wasn't up to much]]. Modern portrayals of space, however, still haven't changed much from the [[The Asteroid Thicket|rock-filled]], [[Space Is Noisy|noisy]] place which will make an unprotected human instantly [[Explosive Decompression|explode]] into [[Space Is Cold|clouds of ice]].
Some of this is due to a [[Did Not Do the Research|lack of research]] or just [[They Just Didn't Care|lack of interest]]. But most of the modern misrepresentations can be put down to the [[Rule of Cool]] (the idea that [[Space Is Noisy|things with sound]] are cooler, or at least [[Nothing Is Scarier|not as scary]], as [[Alien (
Overlaps [[Artistic License Astronomy]]. Compare [[Space Is Magic]], which goes [[Refuge in Audacity|above and beyond]] mere technical inaccuracy. See also: [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness]], [[The Coconut Effect]].
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* [[Arbitrary Maximum Range]]
* [[Asteroid Thicket]]
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]
* [[Conveniently
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* [[Explosive Decompression]]
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* [[Latex Space Suit]]
* [[Old School Dogfighting]]
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* [[Space Clouds]]
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* [[Universal Universe Time]]
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* [[Vulcan Has No Moon]]
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