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In his book "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth," astronaut Chris Hadfield explains a chilling training exercise called a "death sim." It's designed to help prepare astronauts for what they should do in the event of the death of one of their colleagues.
The frozen body is hauled back on board and intensely vibrated around until it shatters. You end up with about 50 pounds of finely ground human body dust that you can hang outside your spacecraft until you arrive at your destination.
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Your thoughts?
originally posted by: crazyewok
Dunno why dumping out a airlock is not the most simple solution.
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: greencmp
Excellent point! Does that mean no weight loss/gain either on the long journey?? Not that one would wake up and float to the fridge for that last piece of chocolate cake...
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: greencmp
So, if the human soul has tangible weight and causes a reduction of 2 lbs, say, after death...would such a small loss of weight cause recalc of the entire journey?
Also, factor in that very sickly persons usually lose weight due to inability to eat or lack of will, or even weight gain due to lack of mobility/excercise.
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
I don't know...my uncle died in upstate New York in the "dead" of winter.
They kept him on ice until the ground was suitable for burial...
Seems weird to me that they couldn't just do the same...
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: Ultralight
Didn't they send the ashes of Mister Scott, the engineer from Star Trek, into space ?