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Assuming they were wearing a space suit, probably nothing very different from ordinary decomposition except the lack of insects
That's an interesting point / question. Decomposition is living organisms (insects, bacteria, microbes, etc.) breaking down the thing. Obviously we have tons of those inside us, but could the space suit keep them alive? For how long?
This ended up leading me down a bit of a google rabbit hole, but this answer seems reasonable to me (though I don't have the background to verify it):
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A lot of the tiny critters responsible for decomp are aerobic, though, right? So once the air in the suit ran out they'd die, too.
The bacterial mix would probably be very different, but I don't see why the anaerobic critters couldn't finish the job.