Peregrine lander: Propulsion failure threatens US Moon mission
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A US spacecraft launched from Florida to land on the lunar surface encounters propulsion problems.

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.

  • oregoncom [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    10 months ago

    In Das Kapital they have a whole chapter about how space burials are the 13th form of liberalism. /s

    You’re not a bad person for thinking space burials are cool lmao. Personally I think putting anything on the moon that’s not strictly necessary should be held off. Maybe in the future when there’s cities on the moon it won’t mattet if you spread some ashes, but I think keeping it pristine is good for now.

    Firing ashes off into the sun sounds dope tho. like I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it other than it possibly being wasteful. but hey since we’re fantasy land maybe in the future space cannons are cheaper than ubers.