Fly Me to the Moon After I Die
by Here is another way to dispose of our loved ones’ bodies. It involves no underground vaults or tombstones to buy.
Up to the time of the writing of this article, only around one hundred fifty people have had a “space burial”. On top of that aspect, the “space burials” are not as accurately named as they seem. Actually, only a small amount of the cremated ashes are sent into space, not yet the complete amount of ashes. Also, no complete, uncremated bodies have yet had a “space burial”.
A company in Texas is now offering these partial burials for a price of around $12,500 per burial. The company is named Celestis. This company has already sent about one hundred people’s remains into Earth orbit, which is not a permanent situation. Once the orbit is finishing, the remains will plummet back to Earth and burn upon re-entry, resembling a shooting star.
The ashes are usually encased in a small packet the size of a lipstick container. Thus, only a small portion of the person’s entire cremation ashes are sent, the remainder being left on Planet Earth. Each amount of ashes sent into space per person is around one gram.
Nobody has actually been completely sent to the moon after their death besides an astronomer named Gene Shoemaker. His remains crashed onto the lunar surface recently aboard NASA’s Lunar Prospector spacecraft.
Another misnomer in the term “space burial” is the fact that no actual burial is involved. It is simply the idea of depositing human remains on the lunar surface, not under the surface.
Usually the trips toward the moon are not specifically for disposal of human remains. The ashes are simply a small portion of the total cargo on a space mission which has other important duties.
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