• philpo@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    You left out the temperature,though. Regular space temperature would kill any cells very very fast and the temperature change would do the rest.

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      3 days ago

      A vacuum is a great insulator, though. It may well cool slowly enough to go dormant and eventually vitrify, if it’s something cold-adapted.

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          17 hours ago

          Well, yes, if it loses a ton of water it will get cold and freeze. OP suggested water loss would be fairly manageable, though. I guess the question is just how much it would lose, exactly.

          I guess it’s also worth noting we’re assuming deep space here. OP didn’t specify, if you’re right next to a star you have the opposite problem.