DISCUSSION:
•Currently, there are no specific guidelines in planetary protection policy, at either NASA or the international level, that would address 'burial' of a deceased astronaut by release into space
•A dead body is a biohazard is definitely the biggest concern, and finding the space to store it in is a close second
•"The Body Back." process proposed by Swedish eco-burial company “Promessa”- in space a robotic arm would suspend the body outside of the spaceship enclosed in a bag. The body would stay outside in the freezing void for an hour until it became brittle, then the arm would vibrate, fracturing the body into ash-like remains
•The practice of cannibalism in outer space has been discussed. The jury on cannibalism for survival is split. "There are two kinds of approaches to it. One says even though we owe the body an enormous amount of respect, life is primary, and if the only way one could possibly survive would be to eat a body, it's acceptable.“ No space agency has an official policy on Martian cannibalism - yet
https://www.popsci.com/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-die-in-space/
•Currently, there are no specific guidelines in planetary protection policy, at either NASA or the international level, that would address 'burial' of a deceased astronaut by release into space
•A dead body is a biohazard is definitely the biggest concern, and finding the space to store it in is a close second
•"The Body Back." process proposed by Swedish eco-burial company “Promessa”- in space a robotic arm would suspend the body outside of the spaceship enclosed in a bag. The body would stay outside in the freezing void for an hour until it became brittle, then the arm would vibrate, fracturing the body into ash-like remains
•The practice of cannibalism in outer space has been discussed. The jury on cannibalism for survival is split. "There are two kinds of approaches to it. One says even though we owe the body an enormous amount of respect, life is primary, and if the only way one could possibly survive would be to eat a body, it's acceptable.“ No space agency has an official policy on Martian cannibalism - yet
https://www.popsci.com/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-die-in-space/