EUROPE: Sending send your remains to the moon for a ‘lunar burial’ is now surprisingly affordable
Space burials are longer the stuff of science fiction (and wealthy science fiction TV show creators.)
The cremated remains of more than 450 people have been shot into orbit since Stark Trek creator Gene Roddenberry paved the way in 1992, most of them on private memorial spaceflights with dozens of other ash samples.
And yet, despite the promise of space being a unique “resting place,” almost every tiny vial of remains ever sent there has come back down to Earth or burned up upon re-entry.
This wouldn’t have happened had the ashes landed on Earth’s moon — a fact that hasn’t been lost on the companies pioneering this futuristic funeral technology.
The San Francisco-based company Elysium Space officially launched its ‘lunar memorial’ service earlier this month, and will soon be sending the remains of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier’s mother upwards as part of its first ever moon burial.
“Families now have the historic opportunity to commemorate their departed loved ones every night through the everlasting splendor and soft illumination of the Earth’s closest companion: the Moon,” wrote Elysium in a press release announcing its newest service, which will be carried out with the help of Pittsburgh-based lunar logistics company Astrobotic Technology.
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