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Moon lander set to land human remains on the moon is crapping out (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Due to a power issue, it looks like the lander may now no longer have sufficient fuel to make a controlled landing on the moon. This was the lander that was set to carry human remains to the moon despite objections from the Navajo nation. Hopefully, this discourages any future attempts at such a stunt, since instead of a permanent mausoleum your ashes may instead be stranded in orbit or scattered amongst the moon dust if the thing crashes.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think the dead are getting much out of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

they are actually, up until they die

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't mean we should be uncritical of such rituals, as though coping mechanisms themselves are fully unassailable. Whatever pathology results in someone thinking being smeared on the face of the moon is the best option can be soothed much more cheaply by means that don't involve actually smearing them on the face of the moon, such as therapy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I don’t feel comfortable responding, I feel like I’ll say more bad things