The general public may soon have the chance to rest in peace on the moon, at least briefly. Houston-based Celestis, Inc. has announced plans to launch cremated human remains to the surface of the moon as soon as 2009.
http://www.space.com/news/080328-moon-burial.html
Fly Me to the Moon ... Forever
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Bob Juch
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- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Re: Fly Me to the Moon ... Forever
Why does the article use the word "briefly"? If the capsule containing one's remains (or, rather the one gram of encapsulated remains that are included in the $9,995 package) lands on the surface of the Moon, it would remain there permanently, as least from lunar geological (lunological?) perspective.Bob Juch wrote:The general public may soon have the chance to rest in peace on the moon, at least briefly.
Now, the company's previous offerings, such as the one that took Scotty's remains into suborbital space--that was briefly.
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Re: Fly Me to the Moon ... Forever
Perhaps because they expect live company soon?MarleysGh0st wrote:Why does the article use the word "briefly"? If the capsule containing one's remains (or, rather the one gram of encapsulated remains that are included in the $9,995 package) lands on the surface of the Moon, it would remain there permanently, as least from lunar geological (lunological?) perspective.Bob Juch wrote:The general public may soon have the chance to rest in peace on the moon, at least briefly.
Now, the company's previous offerings, such as the one that took Scotty's remains into suborbital space--that was briefly.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.