Of course they do. NASA doesn't actually do anything but make plans any more - so the more elaborate and wasteful their plan-making is, the more money they can try to claim from congress.
This could actually be useful for a mission to Mars. Every bit of biomass available for a biodome (if such a thing could be maintained) would be vital.
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I certainly hope we're not spending a lot of money on death-in-space scenarios.
Wrap the body up, strap a 4-kilo rocket on it, say some nice words, and off she goes. No new technology or engineering required.
Unfair question, but it's how I feel: Does NASA always have to have some great new over-engineered plan for every little new thing they come across?
You might want to reclaim the bodies water first, ala Dune.
This doesn't seem any more over engineered than the US Military philosophy of always recovering fallen soldiers and bringing them home. (I like it)
Of course they do. NASA doesn't actually do anything but make plans any more - so the more elaborate and wasteful their plan-making is, the more money they can try to claim from congress.
This could actually be useful for a mission to Mars. Every bit of biomass available for a biodome (if such a thing could be maintained) would be vital.