{"id":8212,"date":"2015-08-14T18:47:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T18:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=8212"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:30:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:30:48","slug":"bury-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/bury-moon","title":{"rendered":"You Can Now Be Buried On The Moon If You Would Like To"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The services are not cheap &#8211; Celestis&#8217; moon burial options start at $12,500 and Elysium Space costs $11,950.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Awe-Inspiring Memorials<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the first day we started Elysium Space and imagined awe-inspiring memorials, we thought that the moon could create the quintessential commemoration<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,&#8221; Elysium Space founder and CEO Thomas Civeit, a former NASA engineer, said. &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Offering this exceptional tribute within the reach of most families is an important part of this new chapter opening for our civilization<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the moon, you can also launch your ashes into deep space or the Earth\u2019s orbit as a shooting star.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8213\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/252BFB5300000578-2931711-image-a-11_1422553371323.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/252BFB5300000578-2931711-image-a-11_1422553371323.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/252BFB5300000578-2931711-image-a-11_1422553371323-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/252BFB5300000578-2931711-image-a-11_1422553371323-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/252BFB5300000578-2931711-image-a-11_1422553371323-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2015\/01\/29\/252BFB5300000578-2931711-image-a-11_1422553371323.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keeping Our Loved Ones With Us<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead of looking down at a grave when you want to remember your departed loved ones, you can now gaze up at the sky, reminiscence, and know that they are with you. If you choose the moon option, its surface becomes a majestic memorial. Or you can choose to continue on as a celestial journey by choosing the shooting star option. Elysium is also adding a Milky Way option &#8211; you can send your remains to Deep Space and leave the solar system to travel the universe. Celestis has four options: earth rise, earth orbit, luna, and voyager.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8214\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/elysium-space-memorial-nightsky.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/elysium-space-memorial-nightsky.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/elysium-space-memorial-nightsky-600x285.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/elysium-space-memorial-nightsky-85x40.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.space.com\/images\/i\/000\/049\/449\/original\/elysium-space-memorial-nightsky.jpg?1439410797\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adding Humanity To Space<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to honoring loved ones, the companies seek to add some humanity to the final frontier. Through this environmentally noninvasive commercial development, they make sure the cremated remains are not scattered and do not contribute to space debris. The venture is meant to support the vision of a future for humanity in space.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neither companies have their own rockets; both get the ashes aboard rockets already scheduled to launch, as secondary payloads. So far, Celestis has flown a total of 13 space burial missions since 1997. On that first flight, an Orbital Pegasus rocket blasted into orbit a capsule containing the remains of 24 different people, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/star-trek\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Star Trek&#8221;<\/a> creator Gene Roddenberry, writer and psychologist Timothy Leary and physicist and space-exploration activist Gerard O&#8217;Neill. The capsule re-entered Earth&#8217;s atmosphere in May 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8215\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8215 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/orbit-wallpaper-hd-26.jpg\" alt=\"orbit-wallpaper-hd-26\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/orbit-wallpaper-hd-26.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/orbit-wallpaper-hd-26-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/orbit-wallpaper-hd-26-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/orbit-wallpaper-hd-26-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freetopwallpaper.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/orbit\/orbit-wallpaper-hd-26.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/earth-2\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0NASA Has Discovered A Planet Like Earth.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to make sure that your burial is special? 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