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Virginia May Help People Pay For Space Burials

Posted by samzenpus on from the back-to-the-stars dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "Want to be buried in space? Virginia would help pay for it under proposed legislation that aims to boost the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. The bill, which the General Assembly will debate next year, would provide a Virginia income tax deduction up to $2,500 a year for such burials. Proponents hope the measure will provide revenue for the spaceport, which is expanding because NASA decided to cancel the space shuttle program. The facility, which describes itself as a 'full-service, FAA-licensed spaceport,' is located at Wallops Island on Virginia's coast."

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  1. Re:No please. by anlag · · Score: 4, Informative

    Perhaps if you'd taken the time to RTFA before rushing to get first post, you'd have realized they're cremated first.

  2. Re:Interesting and all, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    The solution is to label yourself a magician, then have the stunt go "horribly wrong."

  3. Re:No please. by InterGuru · · Score: 3, Informative

    Even fine cremation ashes at orbital velocity can damage satellites.

  4. Also, if you don't want to DIY by pem · · Score: 3, Informative
    The Crestone End of Life Project

    Are you sure you've researched this? You seem to have missed a lot.

  5. Re:Interesting and all, but by Trepidity · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's apparently an organization in Colorado that's gotten permits to perform open-air cremations on a funeral pyre.

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  6. Re:No please. by khallow · · Score: 3, Informative

    The article doesn't talk about it, but such cremated remains are encased in a small capsule.