On Earth, when you die, the blood in your body floes to the lowest point in your body due to gravity. In space, if you die, where does the blood flow (considering there is no gravity)?
2006-08-19 07:49:13 · 4 answers · asked by youdontneedtoknowme 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Out the closest opening in the body...since there is a vaccume that could even be the skin pores.
2006-08-19 07:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by Angelus 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not sure blood does flow to the lowest point of your body when you die. Typically, embalmers draw the blood out and replace it with formaldehyde to perserve the body from decay. Even if you are being cremated, most states require the body be embalmed.
In outer space, a body would probably be cremated and the chemicals would be recycled.
2006-08-19 14:58:40 · answer #2 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it seems to me that no one has given a satisfactory answer yet so...
i don't have any specific experience with this, but i would guess that once blood stops circulating at death it stays where it stops.
2006-08-19 15:07:25 · answer #3 · answered by warm soapy water 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it floats in place. it wouldnt move.
2006-08-19 14:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋