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It's in heliocentric orbit, it's getting cooked by solar radiation every day, taking the full brunt of solar flares without a magnetosphere to protect it, etc.
by LarryMullins 4y ago
It's in heliocentric orbit, it's getting cooked by solar radiation every day, taking the full brunt of solar flares without a magnetosphere to protect it, etc. If there were a body in the suit, it would surely turn into beef jerky. Or perhaps soup, if the suit can keep the fluids in. All the DNA would be shattered beyond repair by intense gamma radiation.
> but makes a certian amount more logical sense than a dummy in a space suit, huh?
It makes sense as a Heavy Metal reference.
- hotpotamus 4y agoOne potential limitation of cryogenics is that the radio isotopes in your own body will eventually cause too much damage to your DNA since natural repair processes will be offline as well. Obviously the radiation environment in space is much worse.
- eftychis 4y agoThat is a good point.
- sassy_quat 4y agoThis absence of evidence is proof of a need for genuine study.
- rl3 4y ago>If there were a body in the suit, it would surely turn into beef jerky. This isn't necessarily a problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34060818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34060818 "And even if they could be bothered, the thawed would be a lab experiment, owned by whatever corporation pulled off the magic." That feeling when you wake up from your secret space cryostasis, only to discover you're the living (?) embodiment of meat, now owned by Arby's.