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Going to space after death is a high-standard tribute, or the most cruel insult...
Recently, the video of the "Big Dipper Goddess" talking about space burials went viral on the Internet, and she confirmed that the ideal of "becoming a star after death" is becoming a reality.
Moreover, modern technological means can also allow you to locate the location of ashes through the mobile phone APP, and realize the scene of "your xx flying in the sky" on the physical level.
However, the spread of the video has caused the vast majority (according to incomplete statistics, about 70% or so) netizens to criticize, believing that this is a waste of space resources, an act of spending money to pollute space, and even more has found a basis for convicting space burials.
Is space burial reliable?
In the face of dazzling debates, many people can't help but issue "What is a space burial?" "Is space burial reliable?" questions.
In fact, when you question the space burial, there are already people abroad who are buried in space one step ahead.
In 1997, Star Trek screenwriter Gene M. Roddenbury's ashes were successfully sent into space.
In April 2007, some of the ashes of American actor James Doohan, who starred in Star Trek, and Gordon Cooper, astronaut of the "Apollo-7" spacecraft, entered the earth suborbital orbit for a period of time and finally descended back to earth, causing people to pay attention.
On March 14, 2018, the "King of the Universe" Hawking passed away, he once confessed that "the greatest hope of a lifetime is to die in outer space", but when someone proposed to use space burial to let Hawking return to the universe, it was immediately opposed by most people.
On June 24, 2019, Musk, a technology maniac known as the real-life version of "Iron Man", sent the satellite - Elysium Satellite 2, carrying 152 urns attending space funerals, into the universe, and the "space burial" also officially entered the public eye. Musk has also said, "I want to die on Mars" and has been working on it.
In contrast, in China, the space burial business from concept to practice is also a matter of the past two years.
On March 5, 2022, a technology company called "Star Wish Aerospace" sent a satellite carrying a private souvenir into space. The relevant information retrieved online shows that in addition to space burials, the company also provides services such as space star wishes and space memorials.
How did a space burial come about?
Space burial is not the direct launch of the deceased human body into space as we imagine, it is just a form of burial of ashes. The ashes of the deceased are carried inside the satellite and brought into space by the star burial satellite.
Why do you hate space burials?
In April 2022, as soon as the "Star Burial Project" was launched, the sci-fi burial method immediately triggered a large-scale discussion on the Internet. As with the discussion of Hawking's burial, the "Star Burial Project" was ridiculed and opposed by most people...
"A waste of resources!!"
"There's actually only a small part of it that can go into space?"
"So the rest of the ashes are gone?"
Musk's Space X space burial is priced at $5,000 per gram, and the "space star box" for the domestic star wish space to load the relics of the deceased is charged at 50,000 yuan and 10 grams, and can also provide "space spirit bit" service, recording the deceased's photos and epitaphs The "space spirit bit" is embedded in the satellite, which is only 19,800 yuan. Neither is the complete ashes lifted off in everyone's cognition, 10 grams of ashes may be only a small part, and the placement of ashes left behind will be another problem that needs to be considered. However, if we look at the current cemetery costs comparable to CBD house prices and the current burial status of regular management fees every 20 years, the cost should be considered within the acceptable range.
"I wanted to ascend to heaven after death, but I didn't expect to become space junk."
"It feels a bit immoral to send ashes into space forever!!! This is a disguised occupation of space resources! ”
"Why pollute space, isn't that aggression for space?"
Whether it is the space burial of Space X or the star burial of Star Wish Space, it is in the form of carrying ashes inside the satellite into space, in addition to not generating additional burdens on rockets and satellites, not affecting the function of satellites, and not causing space junk. Compared with the traditional model, space burial does not occupy land resources, and can also locate the satellite location through the mobile phone client, remotely make a wish to the satellite to sweep the tomb sacrifice, and comprehensively reduce the environmental pollution caused by incineration.
"The business of the living is not good, and they have begun to cut the leeks of the dead"
"So, you... Is your mother's words still swearing? “
"They can all accept space burial, so it is better to directly raise the ashes!"
"A star burial within a thousand years is purely funny"
Different from foreign countries advocating novelty and excitement, for the domestic public, space burial is not only a different thing, but also similar to the traditional concept of being "frustrated and ash", and there is a fundamental rejection psychology. Therefore, the domestic space burial also emphasizes that the choice of space burial is not to sprinkle the ashes into space, but to place in the star burial satellite to fly around the earth. Theoretically, items in star burial moons could remain in space all the time, just like stars.
"Since then your soul has floated in space, and only the void has accompanied you"
"Let our soul return to the universe"
"Bridge of Souls Reality Edition."
Of course, space burial will also be expected, the emergence of space burial broke the solidified thinking that life has an end, and perhaps distant life can meet again in the galaxy.
The emergence of new things is always accompanied by countless controversies. Opponents of space burial believe that space burial will waste cosmic resources and hinder the development of space science and technology to a certain extent. The pro-faction believes that space burial has promoted the cultural change of traditional funerals from the other hand, and also made civil aerospace science and technology have new development ideas.
So, can you accept space?
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