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Not only did some 1960s engineers at General Electric think that this might work, but they did actual tests involving actual hardware. NASA and the USAF declined to pursue the project, for fairly obvious reasons.

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[–] aaro@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

imagine you aim your deorbit booster backwards by accident and you die of oxygen deprivation floating through space encased in Great Stuff agony-shivering

your intact body would be recoverable on inevitable deorbit in a few decades too agony-consuming