Posted by
michael
on from the burial-not-exactly-the-right-word dept.
roman_mir writes "Celestis is the name of a company that is offering space burials for some $11K USD. Isn't this nice, like there is not enough garbage in space already... So, how many of you want to be buried in space? I want to burn in the Sun (or at least the egomaniacal part of me.)"
Special 'Delivery' Instructions
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PakProtector
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PS: Please aim at the section of space that in the 23rd century will be off limits to all spacefarers, in which resides the Genesis planet. Please make sure to also provide good embalming and a capsule capable of shielding body from cosmic rays.
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Edward@Tomato -/home/Edward/ man woman
man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
Take down a space station
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Jad+LaFields
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To much garbage in space? Man that would my point for being 'buried' in space... to become a potentially dangerous piece of space debris! It would be like coming back from the dead to strike fear in the hearts of the living!
-- [SIG] It's like putting a moose in the blender -- a recipe for disaster!
This would be a great way to test the Missle Defense System. I don't know about anyone else, but personally I wouldn't mind being put to rest in a big explosion at the cost to the U.S. taxpayer.
Bad idea
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Anonymous Coward
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So when Armageddon arrives and all those dead try to rise from their graves while orbiting some far-off celestial body, how's THAT gonna work? It's almost like these guys haven't thought this whole thing through very well.
Re:Broadcasting dead...
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calmdude
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What would one say on one of these things?
A) I'm coming home momma!
B) Please rectally probe the following people who bullied me in school...
C) Please view the accompanying transmitted picture... does this dress make me look fat?
These guys will PAY for your space burial!
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Anonymous Coward
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These guys are willing to pay up to $10,000,000 of your funeral expenses, provided you get your corpse up there yourself!
Re:Broadcasting dead...
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Greg@UF
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I want to say "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off"
-- -- You can't give it, you can't even buy it, and you just don't get it!
Re:Broadcasting dead...
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Veridium
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Yes, exactly. This will be an excellent way to get aliens to visit us. Once they hear we have penis enlargement pills, breast enlargement pills, and all natural herbal viagra alternatives, they'll be pouring in.
-- Think for yourself, destroy your television.
Re:Only so much carbon...
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Yorrike
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True as that may be, people are getting fatter...
Say a group of zombies, or ninjas, or a killer virus that turned people into zombie ninjas, caused a good 5 billion people to die. Sure, these guys would have a booming business, but at 70Kg for each corpse, that's 350,000,000,000Kg (350 billion), which would require a millennium to replaces with space dust.
And besides, if you're ejecting all those kadavas into space, you're just asking the aforementioned virus to evolve, giving rise to a hideous race of mutant space zombie-ninjas.
Zombies need to eat too.
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Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?
Life on other planets?...
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Anonymous Coward
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Years from now, i can see a space rover, digging up bodies on venus thinking "holy god, there was life here once"...
wait a few years
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shawn(at)fsu
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"I want to burn in the Sun (or at least the egomaniacal part of me.)"
You can do that for free, just wait about 5 billion years.
-- 500 dollar reward for tip(s) leading to the arrest of the person(s) who stole my sig.
Re:Broadcasting dead...
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sadomikeyism
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Actually, I can forsee an intergalactic market for human ash pills. Like the chinese penchant for tiger penises and rhino tusks, human ash capsules will be 'herbal viagra'. Considering how much the media act like dick heads all the time, media that is streaming out into space, I am sure the aliens would look at our ash capsules as aphrodesiacs.
-- "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves
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PS: Please aim at the section of space that in the 23rd century will be off limits to all spacefarers, in which resides the Genesis planet. Please make sure to also provide good embalming and a capsule capable of shielding body from cosmic rays.
Edward@Tomato - /home/Edward/ man woman
man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
To much garbage in space? Man that would my point for being 'buried' in space... to become a potentially dangerous piece of space debris! It would be like coming back from the dead to strike fear in the hearts of the living!
[SIG] It's like putting a moose in the blender -- a recipe for disaster!
Quoth the poster: "I want to burn in the Sun (or at least the egomaniacal part of me.)"
I know *exactly* how you feel.
I want you to burn in the Sun, too.
I want to burn in the Sun (or at least the egomaniacal part of me.)
According to my ex-wife I'm gonna burn in hell when I die.
This is what you give your geek on Valentine's Day. You may have to kill them first, but it's worth it.
EVERYDAY IS CATURDAY
so, like, Space Spam?
No problem. Just get buried here on earth. Eventually, your wish will be granted. And since you're dead, the wait will be quite bearable. :-)
The best diplomat I know is a fully activated phaser bank.
-- Scotty.
...burn in Uranus.
This would be a great way to test the Missle Defense System. I don't know about anyone else, but personally I wouldn't mind being put to rest in a big explosion at the cost to the U.S. taxpayer.
So when Armageddon arrives and all those dead try to rise from their graves while orbiting some far-off celestial body, how's THAT gonna work? It's almost like these guys haven't thought this whole thing through very well.
What would one say on one of these things?
... does this dress make me look fat?
A) I'm coming home momma!
B) Please rectally probe the following people who bullied me in school...
C) Please view the accompanying transmitted picture
These guys are willing to pay up to $10,000,000 of your funeral expenses, provided you get your corpse up there yourself!
I want to say "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off"
-- You can't give it, you can't even buy it, and you just don't get it!
Yes, exactly. This will be an excellent way to get aliens to visit us. Once they hear we have penis enlargement pills, breast enlargement pills, and all natural herbal viagra alternatives, they'll be pouring in.
Think for yourself, destroy your television.
Say a group of zombies, or ninjas, or a killer virus that turned people into zombie ninjas, caused a good 5 billion people to die. Sure, these guys would have a booming business, but at 70Kg for each corpse, that's 350,000,000,000Kg (350 billion), which would require a millennium to replaces with space dust.
And besides, if you're ejecting all those kadavas into space, you're just asking the aforementioned virus to evolve, giving rise to a hideous race of mutant space zombie-ninjas.
Zombies need to eat too.
Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?
Years from now, i can see a space rover, digging up bodies on venus thinking "holy god, there was life here once"...
"I want to burn in the Sun (or at least the egomaniacal part of me.)"
You can do that for free, just wait about 5 billion years.
500 dollar reward for tip(s) leading to the arrest of the person(s) who stole my sig.
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves