Thread: death by black hole

If a person were to fall into a non-supermassive black hole. How would they die. Lets assume that they had a normal space suit and oxygen supply so that they didnt die from normal space related issues.

i think they would be moleculurly [?]smeared.all there information would be mixed with all the other info between the event horizon and the other horizon[soory cant remember what its called].

Originally Posted by tom

If a person were to fall into a non-supermassive black hole. How would they die. Lets assume that they had a normal space suit and oxygen supply so that they didnt die from normal space related issues.

For simplicity, assume they are approaching the black hole feet first. Then my understanding is that the person would be ripped apart due the gravitational difference between head and feet; the feet would fall faster than the head, and the body wouldn't be strong enough to hold the two together.