Re:Capabilities and Services
by solaris00 on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @10:46AM
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Strangely this was a topic of discussion with my family the other day.
It's definitely selfish, but I need a way to get to space somehow. We could justify it as aiding the budding commercial space industry :)
It would have mass market appeal at ~12k USD a pop. The question becomes where would you send it?
Personally, I would love to drift into deep space, but could settle for the sun. Possibly a remembrance countdown on the web with clips of everyone to be sent off until launch.
Re:Capabilities and Services
by PhaseMage on Tuesday September 15, 2015 @12:58PM
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If you can settle for the Sun, and be patient... Just wait ~8 billion years for the sun to turn into a red giant (engulfing the earth, along with your remains). You may even get lucky and some of your remains may be swept away in the solar wind.
It's definitely selfish, but I need a way to get to space somehow. We could justify it as aiding the budding commercial space industry :)
It would have mass market appeal at ~12k USD a pop. The question becomes where would you send it?
Personally, I would love to drift into deep space, but could settle for the sun. Possibly a remembrance countdown on the web with clips of everyone to be sent off until launch.