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Elizabeth Weinbloom
11/16/08

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Excuse me for a moment while I draw an extraordinarily dorky connection that is probably entirely irrelevant.

I just finished reading the Doctor Who novel "Alien Bodies," in which the 3rd Doctor buries Laika the cosmonaut dog (this one little part is why I read the book) on some random moon, and later there is another funeral on this moon as well. And, separately in the story, there's an alien race called the Celestis who oversee an afterlife of some sort.

I'm sure there's some significantly less esoteric reason why the company is named Celestis, but if I can't point out this admittedly ridiculous connection on io9, where can I?
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Meirelle
11/16/08

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I didn't know you could get Earth orbit for about $1,300. While the price of my ashes going to the moon or into deep space is about half of my yearly salary, $1,300 is quite doable. In fact, it's doable enough for me to shoot my dad up into orbit too, with Gene Roddenberry, just like he's always wanted.
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ThisDudeRufus
11/16/08

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I would actually prefer my ashes shot randomly toward deep space. If my damned soul is forever bound to my remains, it would be a lot more fun.
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Melaisis
11/16/08

@ThisDudeRufus:

I'd prefer my corpse. What if an alien species discovers it and learns about our race from my remains? Talk about after-death productivity!
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Meirelle
11/16/08

@Melaisis: What if they find your corpse and revive you? Even MORE awesome.
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