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Elizabeth Weinbloom
11/16/08

In reply to Book Your Posthumous Voyage to the Moon
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

In reply to Book Your Posthumous Voyage to the Moon
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

In reply to Book Your Posthumous Voyage to the Moon
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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RAHfanboy
11/15/08

In reply to India’s First Lunar Mission Proves a Smashing Success
Three words you don't often hear together: Successful, crash, and dive.
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hofmann
11/14/08

In reply to India’s First Lunar Mission Proves a Smashing Success
I love how there's a shuttle flight in an hour and there was nothing on the site about it today. It's awesome that India was able to do this, but we should really give some props to the crew of STS-126.
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icelight
11/14/08

@hofmann: Seriously. I just watched it take off on NASA TV, but for all the outside coverage, you'd think the only think happening today was someone sweeping the steps of KSC. At least another mention of the pee-recycling machine should be in order.
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Meirelle
11/14/08

@icelight: Actually, it's the headline article on CNN.com right now.

[www.cnn.com]
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kevinyung89
11/14/08

In reply to India’s First Lunar Mission Proves a Smashing Success
Why call it a "suicide nosedive"? It's not like it's going to bring that much excitement into it.

Maybe they call it that so when they fail, they can say "we planned on it".
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Purple Dave
11/14/08

@kevinyung89:
I was actually thinking that it would be a good idea for all nations that are planning to enter the space race to start off with a mission that's designed to produce a crash or an explosion or something. That way they have a much greater chance of success!
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RAHfanboy
11/15/08

@Purple Dave: Yeah, if you can't hit the ground you've got real problems.
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Meirelle
11/14/08

In reply to India’s First Lunar Mission Proves a Smashing Success
Good. This world needs a new space race.
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Gann
11/14/08

@meirelle, Commander Closet Commie: Agreed. Competition between India and China promises to drastically reduce the cost of space travel.
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