re: I wonder...

TB — 5/4/2007 5:49:45 PM (archived)

Nobody is going to be eating "Long Pig" in space, unless there is some bizarre circumstance like the Donner situation, say an asteroid mining ship stranded for many weeks. Even then, I suspect that air, power, and other issues would come up long before starvation.

Any ship capable of bringing a dozen astronauts home safely could easily bring home eleven astronauts and a body. It's not like the weight changes, and consumables would become even less critical.

Storage is an important issue, particularly for several months, and I could see the choice being either a funeral in space, or risk of disease (like on old sailing ships). Someone already suggested vacuum dessication. There might also be facilities for cold storage, too. Hanging the corpse in an open spacesuit outside on a tether until just before re-entry is an option.

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NASA rethinks DEATH on LONG Space Flights - carl - 5/2/2007 2:46:47 PM
- My impression of the censorship - azstrummer - 5/4/2007 11:43:23 PM
  - Hasn't Flame produced some of the best threads at HZ? - Raoul - 5/5/2007 7:08:55 AM
  - I agree - Lee - 5/5/2007 3:41:17 AM
    - Oh crap. - azstrummer - 5/5/2007 5:15:38 AM
      - Don't worry about it - - Daniel - 5/5/2007 5:05:14 PM
  - Too little too late dude. I'm outa here. - SDF - 5/5/2007 2:59:03 AM
    - re: Now SDF... - Jody - 5/6/2007 11:58:10 PM
    - Good -- do the rest of us a favor and STAY outa here. (n/t) - Fox - 5/5/2007 10:30:36 PM
    - Your loss - azstrummer - 5/5/2007 5:12:11 AM
- Some decisions can only be made at the time and with the people involved. - Bowser - 5/4/2007 4:30:15 PM
  - re: Trying to control things at a distance, including proximal, relationship and time, is an exercise in arrogance. - TAFKASE - 5/4/2007 6:42:43 PM
- re: I wonder... - Jody - 5/4/2007 10:17:07 AM
  - re:I think what we are forgetting here.... - Jody - 5/7/2007 12:55:16 PM
  - re: I wonder... - Mary Anne - 5/4/2007 1:09:15 PM
    - Let's use reasoning... - Raoul - 5/4/2007 6:08:46 PM
      - When I was a little girl, I believed that astronauts were too well protected to be injured. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2007 6:49:39 PM
    - re: I wonder... - TB - 5/4/2007 5:49:45 PM
      - Let me put it this way: - Mary Anne - 5/4/2007 7:33:58 PM
        
        Good point. - TB - 5/4/2007 11:38:19 PM
        
        Recovering bodies in war - azstrummer - 5/5/2007 5:33:27 AM
        
        Depends on the war and the circumstances - TB - 5/6/2007 6:27:12 AM
        
        Families and friends often just want to know. - Mary Anne - 5/6/2007 3:14:51 PM
        
        re: Families and friends often just want to know. - TB - 5/6/2007 9:46:54 PM
- Despite the poo-flinging here... - TB - 5/4/2007 5:49:27 AM
  - NASA has to have preparations in place for this type of stuff. - TAFKASE (There I Used It) - 5/4/2007 2:37:12 PM
    - NDYFB? - Jody - 5/4/2007 10:39:40 PM
    - re: NASA has to have preparations - TB - 5/4/2007 2:42:20 PM
  - Why bother to comment? - SDF - 5/4/2007 8:05:49 AM
- Life, death and human relationships on long flights. - RNE - 5/3/2007 5:02:44 PM
  - SF v Reality - Raoul - 5/3/2007 6:28:16 PM
    - S/F as a window into - RNE - 5/4/2007 5:42:37 PM
    - The kind of reality we haven't experienced yet. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2007 1:23:04 PM
      - I agree. (n/t) - TAFKASE (There I Used It) - 5/4/2007 2:15:47 PM
        
        re: I I A T !! - Jody - 5/4/2007 10:53:43 PM
    - Well, the crew of Soyuz 11 died, but it was not related to their long duration flight (n/t) - Raoul - 5/3/2007 8:01:43 PM
- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS DOING ON FLAME? - Bowser - 5/3/2007 2:52:38 AM
  - re: Sometimes.... - Raoul moderating - 5/3/2007 5:55:00 AM
- If an astronaut dies en-route to Mars - SDF - 5/2/2007 5:40:55 PM
  - Burial in SPACE? - carl - 5/2/2007 5:45:55 PM
    - May depend on how hungry the rest of the crewmembers are. - SDF - 5/2/2007 5:51:24 PM
      - Because of your stupid cynical cracks, this significant story was moved off from the Space board - Daniel - 5/2/2007 7:28:07 PM
        
        Actually it is a pretty legitimate comment - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/2/2007 9:21:10 PM
        
        why do you think this thread was moved to Flame? - Daniel - 5/3/2007 12:48:16 AM
        
        Man your are wrong on so many counts, it is sickening. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/3/2007 1:52:08 PM
        
        Just in case you're actually serious - Daniel - 5/3/2007 7:35:51 PM
        
        I can't believe NASA engineers are that fucking stupid. - SDF - 5/3/2007 10:09:41 PM
        
        This thread was moved to Flame immediately following your posts, which were *before* I appeared - Daniel - 5/4/2007 4:42:08 PM
        
        You were the first to hurl an insult, faggot - SDF - 5/4/2007 8:30:18 PM
        
        You're not helping your case much. (n/t) - TB - 5/4/2007 11:39:49 PM
        
        Someone wanted to pick a fight with me, as happens fairly frequently at HZ - SDF - 5/5/2007 2:03:22 AM
        
        Nonsense. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2007 2:24:58 AM
        
        What the fuck is that supposed to mean? - SDF - 5/5/2007 2:55:28 AM
        
        re: My My My - Jody - 5/6/2007 11:37:57 PM
        
        Well, don't go away mad... Just go away (n/t) - Yeti - 5/5/2007 8:18:58 PM
        
        Let me spell it out. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2007 3:09:05 AM
        
        Your opinion of the moderators is irrelevant. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2007 8:46:07 PM
        
        Moderators suck. - SDF - 5/5/2007 1:56:44 AM
        
        Your need to comment about sexual orientation seems to me to exhibit some closeted facets of your personality - Yeti - 5/5/2007 8:20:50 PM
        
        Be careful here, please - Daniel - 5/6/2007 1:50:06 PM
        
        Some of you people are awfully sensitive. There's a name for your type of people too, let's see.... - SDF - 5/2/2007 7:46:56 PM
        
        yeah right, tit-for-tat namecalling - very mature - Daniel - 5/2/2007 8:02:28 PM
        
        "fool", not "foo" (n/t) - that's it, I'm out of here - 5/2/2007 8:03:32 PM
        
        I hate to break it to you - SDF - 5/2/2007 8:21:13 PM
        
        Wow. Done readin' you. My loss. - Bowser - 5/3/2007 2:55:23 AM
        
        Right. Win some, lose some. - SDF - 5/3/2007 10:16:18 PM
        
        Why else do you think this thread was moved to flame? Because of your "educated", "detached" and "mature" posts? - Daniel - 5/3/2007 12:36:29 AM
        
        It was moved to flame because of your personal attacks. (n/t) - Lee - 5/5/2007 3:45:29 AM
        
        Date & time of move - Mary Anne - 5/5/2007 12:07:15 PM
        
        It was moved to Flame BEFORE my "personal attacks", in fact before I posted anything here - Daniel - 5/5/2007 10:41:22 AM
        
        Seems like your beanie is on a bit too tight. - Lee - 5/5/2007 3:46:15 PM
        
        Seems like you're wearing your white sheet too tight - Daniel - 5/5/2007 4:44:37 PM
        
        You're the one doing the name calling. - Lee - 5/6/2007 12:01:49 AM
        
        The technical aspects of death in space are so far above your comprehension - SDF - 5/3/2007 10:01:47 PM
        
        Second that! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 5/3/2007 4:36:51 AM
  - Or.... - SDF - 5/2/2007 5:45:08 PM
- re: NASA rethinks human issues on long flights - Raoul - 5/2/2007 4:19:17 PM
  - Some of these...Such as "an astronaut should only work 48 hours per week" are completely ridiculous. - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 5/2/2007 9:28:22 PM
    - 84 hours per week isn't a good idea either. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2007 1:38:30 AM

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