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So if a human being dies on another planet(e.g. Mars) with no bacterial life, his/her body would not decompose and remains undeformed for thousands of years.

Is this right?

>> No.6538755

>>6538752
the human has bacterial life within it

>> No.6538758

>>6538752
no, because your body is full of bacteria (several kilos worth, they outnumber your own cells 3 to 1). It is primarily these organisms that account for the majority of decomposition when you die.

If the environment is juuuust right, such that your body quickly dessicates (dries out without direct exposure to the elements), then you will be preserved. Thats because your bacteria require water to survive and reproduce.

>> No.6538760

>>6538758
Being emmersed in a weakly acidic solution with no oxygen will also do the trick, but your skin will turn black. See the bog-mummies of northern europe and scandinavia.

>> No.6538772

>>6538758
Would these bacteria survive and purify dead human body in a hostile atmosphere?

>> No.6538857

>>6538772
Depends on what you mean by "hostile". Hostile to humans is not necessarily hostile to bacteria.

>> No.6538911

>>6538857
Mars doesn't have oxygen so that might make a big difference.

>> No.6538941

>>6538752
>(e.g. Mars) with no bacterial life
>assuming Mars has no bacterial life
O RLY

>> No.6538946

>>6538758
Its actually 10 to 1.. just saying

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6539128

relevant comic

>> No.6539147

>>6538911
There's plenty of anaerobic bacteria, several of them living in your gut.

Mars is pretty cold year around though so you'd probably be preserved pretty well.

>> No.6539148 [DELETED] 

>>6539128
this guy's comics are so epic xD!!

>> No.6539149

>>6538941
It has traces of their once being life similar to bacteria, but no living life.

>> No.6539155 [DELETED] 

>>6539128
>thinking a woman will be the first person on mars

What a fairy tale.

>> No.6539158

>>6538752

You do realize that the bacteria that decompose you are the ones living in side you right now. There are actually more microbes in your body then cells lol.

However, I suppose some bacteria would die in the vacuum of space/radiation damage and would inevitably slow the decomposition process. It would not cease all together though.

>> No.6539286

Let's say you were RICH,and you funded a manned landing to the moon.

What kind of repercussions would there be if you brought a cancer victim with you to die on the moon due to his or her's choice of doing so?

>> No.6539314

>>6538946
10 to 1 by cell number. 100 to 1 by genes

>> No.6539361

>>6539286
Loss of money, dickload of paperwork, cops sniffing around and assisted suicide or manslaughter charges if you live in the wrong country.

>> No.6539364

>>6538752
>Is this right?
No. Your body contains billions of bacteria of many different species and they'd decompose your body.

>> No.6539386

>>6539361
Dude there are no laws in space

>> No.6539400

>>6538752
I don't remember seeing that in the movie

>> No.6539443

>>6539386
Man's laws aren't anything but agreements, anyway. Some bleeding heart somewhere would try to find a court to try you in.

>> No.6539454 [DELETED] 

>you will never fuck a penis that's been turned inside out

feels bad man

>> No.6539466

>>6539443

Are you saying only bleeding hearts make agreements?

>> No.6539472

>>6539443
>Some bleeding heart somewhere would try to find a court to try you in.
Anti suicide people tend not to be bleeding hearts, they tend to be the more strictly religious.

>> No.6539483

>>6539386
Dude what? Yes there are. Not only are there several international treaties that govern space, the moon, and planets, but national laws also apply to satellites and other space assets of that nation.

>> No.6539506 [DELETED] 

>>6539386

Sharia law is universal m8

>> No.6539545

Depends. Completely exposed on the surface, the body would decompose for a few hours, but it would soon cool and freeze to the ambient temperature, and the atmosphere would dry out the body fairly quickly. Yeah, you'd have a mummy in short order. If the body were inside a suit, it would decompose further, but eventually any warming system inside would stop and the body would freeze, leading to pretty much the same result over a longer time span.

>> No.6539564 [DELETED] 

>>6539506
kekd

>> No.6539568

>>6539400
when they find the severed head, that is it.

>> No.6539614

>>6539386
I like you to try to escape the laws of physics.