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2019-06-23 Science & Technology

Remains of 152 people are set to be blasted into orbit aboard Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon Heavy after loved ones pay $5,000 to place the human ashes on the rocket

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Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-23 02:25|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Height of ostentation. We're so great our ashes need to orbit earth. Abuse of technology for stupid reasons.

Better use would be to blast off 'loved ones' whole into orbit. I'll bet some people would gladly pay 5mill a bogey for that.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-23 06:37|| 2019-06-23 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a bubble of oversold plots:
"Quick, queue up for shots from the ghats!
To forever in space
Race around in a vase,
Place deposits on popular spots!"

Posted by Crolurong Glomoth6109 2019-06-23 07:58|| 2019-06-23 07:58|| Front Page Top

#3 One of the first people buried this way was Timothy Leary. Ponder that for a few mins.

Posted by 3dc 2019-06-23 09:48|| 2019-06-23 09:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Height of ostentation. We're so great our ashes need to orbit earth. Abuse of technology for stupid reasons.

I agree with the first and second sentences. But it’s these early adopters who pay for repeat trips that will eventually make the exercise cheap enough for the rest of us, if Mr. Musk priced it high enough. Who now remembers how expensive first generation CD players and big screen televisions were?

Posted by trailing wife 2019-06-23 16:09|| 2019-06-23 16:09|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it's kinda cool, a 21st century version of scattering Granpa's ashes in the ocean. But the coolest part is the $5K price which is an indicator of the growing commercialization of space. Hasta la vista, NASA!

I don't recall the date or brand, but if memory serves, the first CD player I ever saw was around a grand. While the price put it out of reach of normal people, it was the first time you could go to the store and buy something with one of those new-fangled LASER thingies in it. (LASER was capitalized back then because it was still an acronym and had not yet become a thing)

Posted by SteveS 2019-06-23 17:07|| 2019-06-23 17:07|| Front Page Top

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