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More specifically, this is the number of live people in space. I'd be curious to know how many dead people are in space as well (the ones who had their body's l

• sjs 15y ago
  That's a really cool thought, that some of us "star dust" creatures went back out into the stars. They are 5 billion years ahead of the rest of us :)
• alanfalcon 15y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_burial Note that some of them only have sub-orbital "burials" and end up back home. Personally I'd be cool with being buried on the moon. Preferably in a giant monolith. Perhaps through http://www.ironicsans.com/2011/01/idea_crowdfund_a_mission_to_pu.html http://www.ironicsans.com/2011/01/idea_crowdfund_a_mission_t...
• tripplesix 15y ago
  The number may be larger than we know because of the undocumented disappearances of early Soviet cosmonauts. Although Yuri Gagarin is widely believed to be the first man in space, it is highly probable that he was only the first man to survive space travel.
  • InclinedPlane 15y ago
    This is a conspiracy theory with absolutely no solid evidence behind it.