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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If the astronaut is unable to sustain sapience then there's no problem. It's no different from regular death.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

True. It's the best outcome if they're unable to make it home. Gross, though.

But it IS a problem for the astronaut, as "I don't want to die!" implied they didn't want to lose sapience. Only a problem until it happens, of course, but then, so is death.