Like, in a way it's scarier, because you get the sense that it is playing by a set of rules, but it's a ruleset you don't understand and know nothing about.
From the information presented, your best possible chance of survival while within range is to be an adult woman born in the months of April, July, or October.
It almost makes sense, the idea of like "space is the darkest possible thing and we sent these people out there in tiny fragile shells of glass and metal".
honestly imo the way demons are presented here is bordering on "you could dress this up with a bit less explicit gore and call it a fae and i would believe you"
I mean, aside from the fact the people aren't INSTANTLY dead