Is it Possible to Flash Freeze the Human Brain and Send it into Space?

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The discussion centers on the concept of sending a deceased person's brain into space after flash freezing it, with the hope that it could potentially be discovered and restored by an alien civilization in the distant future. Key points include concerns about the preservation of the brain in space, particularly regarding the effects of temperature and the risk of sublimation, which could lead to decay over time. The temperature in space is approximately 2.7K, which prevents melting but raises questions about whether this extreme cold would sufficiently halt decay processes. The feasibility of this idea is debated, with acknowledgment of its far-fetched nature, yet it prompts intriguing considerations about the potential for future technological advancements in memory restoration.
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I've seen online that you can get a handful of your ashes sent into space for a hefty fee1 and it got me thinking... Would it be possible when dead to flash freeze the brain and send it up into space in a radiation proof container and just allow it to travel through space like the voyagers do?

Or would it eventually melt and decay ect? The reason I ask is because when you're dead, your dead as far as we know so I thought what is there to lose if someone wanted to send their brain into space and who knows, in a billion years an alien race might find it, defrost it without damaging it and somehow restore it or transfer it's memories onto a computer or something.

Obviously this seems somewhat farfetched and probably impossible but I thought I was ask why this would or wouldn't be possible. The biggest concern is the brain defrosting over time.
 
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What is the temperature in space?
 
Borek said:
What is the temperature in space?

~2.7K so I'm guessing it won't melt but is 2.7K cold enough so that decay won't occur?
 
Chase said:
~2.7K so I'm guessing it won't melt but is 2.7K cold enough so that decay won't occur?

Yes, what you have to worry about is sublimation.
 
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