Space is horrifying enough on its own

Forget aliens, forget Hyperspace is a scary place, forget that crap. Reality is horrifying enough on its own;

I wonder if one could condense all of these into a single story. What would one call it, "Finagle's Law IN SPACE!"?

Pretty much anytime you strap yourself onto the top of a multi-story tower of flammable liquid and ride an open flame to a point ten miles above the ground, you are asking for an interesting day...