T0000Tall t1_itfbdq0 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:36 AM

There are no bodies in space. Everyone who has died during space flight was returned to Earth.

maazatreddit t1_itfbf56 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:37 AM

There are no human corpses currently in space, however, there are a number of people’s ashes in space.

pookshuman t1_itfdqsm wrote on October 23, 2022 at 6:06 AM

technically, we are all in space

DiGiornoForPyros t1_itfe1jk wrote on October 23, 2022 at 6:10 AM

The best kind of correct, etc.

golieth t1_itfc29t wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:45 AM

Solar wind would eventually erode a body to dust

triffid_hunter t1_itfcdma wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:49 AM

> If there is no oxygen in space does that mean bodies in space can stay preserved?

Well they won't rot, but there's still heaps of various types of radiation and micrometeorites that'll slowly cook and chip away at anything left in space.

A body in space would mummify first from vacuum dessication before all that has much effect though.

> Seen a Tik Tok about the amount of people deceased in space and they’re floating about

Zero? There are zero intact human cadavers in space.

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Wooden_Ad_3096 t1_itfdsv8 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 6:07 AM

Yes, bodies in space will stay preserved, but there aren’t any in space right now.

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