Not the actual dying, but the postemergency after a life has been lost: What then? Is that an emergency? It may seem like an odd question, but it has important implications for astronauts. The question of dying on orbit is one that we traditionally don't want to think about, but it opens a long line of questions such as, "What happens to a dead body in low Earth orbit?" Very little research has been done on this topic of space taphonomy [
Is Death on Orbit an Emergency?
Is Death on Orbit an Emergency?
Is Death on Orbit an Emergency?
Not the actual dying, but the postemergency after a life has been lost: What then? Is that an emergency? It may seem like an odd question, but it has important implications for astronauts. The question of dying on orbit is one that we traditionally don't want to think about, but it opens a long line of questions such as, "What happens to a dead body in low Earth orbit?" Very little research has been done on this topic of space taphonomy [