New Places To Spend Eternity

Orbiting in Outer Space

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SpaceX launched 152 cremated remains on a Falcon Heavy rocket. The “Funeral Flights” were arranged by Celestis, offering spaces for $5000 for one gram of “participant” ashes. (1) (The average person’s cremains weigh roughly five pounds or over 2250 grams.) Other options include launch to space and return to earth for future burial, being launched into earth’s orbit, being launched to lunar…