Dead Body In Space
A dead soviet satellite and a discarded chinese rocket body have a 10 chance of colliding thursday night according to satellite tracking.
Dead body in space. If your body was mummified all biological processes would stop rather quickly so there would be no further breakdown of your body. Now a dead body on earth would begin to decompose as the bacteria in the air and within the body began the long process of breaking down. The fact that a dead body is a biohazard is definitely the biggest concern and finding the space to store it in.
As hadfield points out a corpse in space presents some major logistical problems. Leolabs a company that uses radar to track satellites and debris in space said on tuesday night that it was monitoring a very high risk conjunction an. If you were not it would freeze.
If you do die in space your body will not decompose in the normal way since there is no oxygen. Beijing oct 15 2020 business insider. However in space there is no oxidation so decomposition cannot occur before the body either freezes if you are not near a source of heat or mummifies all the moisture will be sucked out of your body.