Top 10 Major Risks in Space Travel

1Being exposed to radiation


2Blacking out during takeoff


3Burning up on re-entering the Earth's atmosphere

Burning up on re-entering the Earth


4Being hit by a meteor or smaller meteoroids

Being hit by a meteor or smaller meteoroids


5Getting exposed to sharply edged moon dust


6Becoming separated from the ship during a space-walk

Becoming separated from the ship during a space-walk


7Getting your spacesuit damaged during spacewalk


8Increased chance of developing bone loss, muscle loss and blood pressure changes after re-entering earth


9Increased chance of vision and hearing loss


10Motion sickness


11Crash landing on an airless planet


12Losing air and suffocating


13Coronal mass ejections