It was considered eccentric and almost impossible to fathom when counter-cultural icon Timothy Leary did it, but now it's a service available to all. Celestis is a company that provides memorial funeral services for those who want their cremated remains to orbit in outer space--and it's even somewhat affordable.
Celestis, Inc. is an affiliate company of Space Services, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based aerospace company who helped popularize the notion of public participation space flights. They were responsible for launching Leary's ashes, and have since done the same for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in 1997, and most recently his wife Majel Barrett Roddenberry is scheduled for next year. But now the company offers various services for the entire public.
Ranging from $695 to $12,500, customers have the options to send their loved ones just above the earth and back, into Earth's orbit, into the lunar orbit or surface, or even into deep space.
Give the website a glance and see if somebody you knew could finally have a dream fulfilled.
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