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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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