UM-Bot Posted October 30, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 30, 2016 If an astronaut dies in space, could their body eventually go on to spread microbes to other planets ? http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/300305/could-a-dead-astronaut-spread-life-to-mars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Hybrid Posted October 30, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Has anyone watched the video for 'Blackstar' by David Bowie, wouldn't it be cool if a whole eco-system could form by launching Major Tom into the void! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kszLwBaC4Sw Edited October 30, 2016 by EBE Hybrid 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted October 30, 2016 #3 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Yes it could. That's how life got here on Earth as seen in the movie Prometheus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlawde Posted October 30, 2016 #4 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I'm not sure if any bacteria or whatever could survive in Mar's atmosphere. If that wasn't a factor, I'd guess it could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted October 30, 2016 #5 Share Posted October 30, 2016 1 hour ago, jarjarbinks said: Yes it could. That's how life got here on Earth as seen in the movie Prometheus. You beat me on that. I was going to say that someone paid too much attention to Prometheus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Winds Posted October 31, 2016 #6 Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) This creature says: "Been there, done that, got the t-shirt" he has also been known to say: "come at me bro" http://www.sciencealert.com/the-tardigrade-genome-has-been-sequenced-and-it-has-the-most-foreign-dna-of-any-animal Edited October 31, 2016 by Four Winds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted October 31, 2016 #7 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Why would you think bacteria could survive space but not mars atmosphere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted October 31, 2016 #8 Share Posted October 31, 2016 I wonder how the microbe(s) would survive entry into and atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra. Posted November 2, 2016 #9 Share Posted November 2, 2016 This may sound a tad morbid - but if someone like an astronaut did die in space whilst still wearing the space suit. I wonder if the same process of decomposition would take place as we know it - as it does here on earth ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra. Posted November 2, 2016 #10 Share Posted November 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Astra. said: This may sound a tad morbid - but if someone like an astronaut did die in space whilst still wearing the space suit. I wonder if the same process of decomposition would take place as we know it - as it does here on earth ? My curiosity in regards to my question has been satisfied. If you do die in space, your body will not decompose in the normal way, since there is no oxygen. If you were near a source of heat, your body would mummify; if you were not, it would freeze. If your body was sealed in a space suit, it would decompose, but only for as long as the oxygen lasted. Whichever the condition, though, your body would last for a very, very long time without air to facilitate weathering and degradation. Your corpse could drift in the vast expanse of space for millions of years. https://www.cnet.com/news/what-happens-to-the-unprotected-human-body-in-space/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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