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How would a dead human body decompose in space compared to on earth? would no gravity play a factor?

Physiology teaches us that the human body is made up of four elements: carbon C, oxygen O, hydrogen H and nitrogen N. In plain chemical language this means that our body consists of carbon dioxide COO and ammonia NHHH, in which at the same time the elements of water HHO and oil CHH are contained, all of which are capable of evaporation and combustion. We all know what happens on earth but how would a none-gravity environment play into effect. Would it pro-long us or make us vanish faster.

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1. we would not decompose at all cauz ther is no oxygen
2. gravity has no conection init..our body decompose and relaease carbon in the air...but if we died uin spce we will nevr be decopqse cause there is no oxygen in space
3. You would be preserved in a vacuum forever
4. we wouldn't decompose. but all our water would evaporate, leaving a dried up husk. the bacteria responsible for decomposition do not exist in space. even if they were there, they need free oxygen to do the deed, and that's not there either.
5. (Decompose) 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. To become broken down into components; disintegrate. Well no oxygen (yes) However the human body lives on earth in a protected environment. In space you would not decompose but evaporate from the heat from the sun or end up freezing once you got to far away from it. To the guy that said you would loose all your bodys water and dry up. Thats not 100 % true. It depends on where in space you die. Lets say your on a trip to pluto and your there. You wont loose any water at all you would freeze and go through space as a frozen iceman and when you eventualy came into another atmosphere millions of light years later you could end up landing on a moon like ours and making a big splash and be buried on another planet for millions of years untill you are discovered by aliens and they bring you back to life. good luck.
6. Good question... When a body is thrown in space and it makes its own orbit around the sun due to gravitational force of the sun as in the mechanics of universe it is done so flawlessly that everything goes in peace and harmony And the body is an impurity in universe so it will be either burnt, or it will make a crash with other asteroids or it will be frozen but it will not be safe and sound there
7. I'm not a rocket scientist or anything but i think a body would still decompose in space, see gravity and atmosphere aren't the only things that can break down a body, radiation could cause the body to decay, have you seen what radiation can do to exposed human tissue, when a body dies suddenly the cells aren't instantly dead, it takes time for the cells to reach a state of necropsy, however if the body was exposed to a vacuum the cells would implode and and become a mess and radiation would just help the decomposition along. at least that's what i think, i'm most likely wrong so don't quote me.