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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 50 points 2 days ago

My Temu order coming in as expected

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

and it's floating in a most peculiar way

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 2 days ago

FOUR THREE TWO ONE

[–] robdor@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

When did they become human remains? Before or after launch?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

When did they become human remains? Before or after launch?

Long before. Its a company that, after your death, will fly some of your ashes to space. For orbital services, the ashes are then returned to your estate, and in this case that can't happen because the vessel wasn't recovered. They also offer deep space launches where your ashes never come back.

The actor that played Scotty on the original Star Trek has his ashes flown to space, as an example.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I was gonna joke that this article could be “headlines about me, from the future” but then I read this comment and now I might not be joking. These molecules yearn to get the fuck away from this place

[–] TaviRider@reddthat.com 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, partial failure. But they ended up with an epic Viking burial at sea!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

🎶 Always look on the bright side of life 🎶

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today 13 points 2 days ago

I don't think that's what they meant when they said they were gonna blaze it.

[–] Samdell@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 2 days ago
[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago

Sometimes that comedown be hard AF, tho.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

So uh, how much cannabis? Asking for a fisherman.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Well that’s a brand new sentence.

[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I mean, haha silly funny time, but it was a person, Phillip Chapman, an astronaut's remains. Please show some respect.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

actually, that was their other launch. It exploded.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Spewing that much poison into the atmosphere for superstitious reasons is not worthy of respect, no matter who they were when they were alive.

The spacecraft was actually part of a ride share, with lots of other payloads, so the launch was for a lot of reasons.

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Wow the comments here are gold