想要太空葬礼吗?每克5000美金。
马斯克的SpaceX“猎鹰重型”火箭又开始搞事情了。
SpaceX“猎鹰重型”火箭升空 Via Flickr
SpaceX即将准备第三次发射猎鹰重型火箭。这次它将不仅装载24颗卫星，还会带一些不同寻常的私货——人的骨灰。
而且太空葬礼的日子都定了，就在美国时间的周一晚些时候。
Via RT
The “funeral flight” is scheduled for late on Monday, June 24, and will see containers packed with the cremated remains of 152 people sent into orbit.
这场太空葬礼计划在6月24日星期一晚些时候开始。火箭将携带装满152人的骨灰升空。
Via RT
不过马斯克只负责提供火箭，太空葬礼的策划、定价主要是由一家叫Celestis Memorial Spaceflights的公司负责的。
这项服务据说能体会到在宇宙中“不生不灭”的感觉。
The capsules will be on one of the satellites carried by the Falcon Heavy, which will float in orbit for as long as the satellite operates.
这些装有骨灰的小盒子将搭载在猎鹰重型火箭装载的一个卫星上，一直绕着地球轨道运转。
Every capsule is etched with a tombstone-like inscription, including phrases like “Reach for the stars!” and “Space Truckin’ Forever.”
每个盒子都刻有墓碑般的铭文，比如“飞向星星!”和“永恒的太空之所”等短语。
Via RT
但是价格也不菲。
The company buys out available room on spacecraft and packs it with tiny metal storage capsules filled with the ashes of people’s loved ones – all for the not-so-modest price of $5,000 per gram.
该公司购买了火箭上的可用空间，然后再分出一个个小的金属盒子，用来盛放骨灰，每克5000美元的价格，也不是一般人能买得起的。
Via businessinsider
A technician inserts Celestis capsules filled with the ashes of 152 different people on the Orbital Test Bed satellite. Via General Atomics
Not every capsule is the same size or weight: A family can choose to fly between 1 gram and 7 grams of ashes (between a US dollar bill and a US dollar coin’s worth of mass).
每个小盒子的尺寸都不同：一个家庭可以选择从1克至7克不同规格的骨灰。(重量分别和一美元钞票和美元硬币差不多)。
Via RT
Capsules filled with the ashes of 152 different people is scheduled to launch aboard one of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rockets. Via Surrey Satellite Technology US
自1994年开始运营以来，Celestis公司在15种不同的火箭上夹带过人类的骨灰： 完成了八次亚轨道飞行(一般是指距地面20～100km的空域)，六次进入地球轨道，甚至一次飞向月球。
顾客包括儿童，太空爱好者，科学家，工程师，宇航员，作家等。
For example, Celestis flew some ashes of geologist and planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker to the moon in 1998, and took the remains of “Star Trek” actor James “Scotty” Doohan into orbit in 2008.
例如，Celestis于1998年曾带着地质学家、行星科学家Eugene Shoemaker的骨灰飞向月球， 2008年时将“星际迷航”里出演Scotty的演员James Doohan的骨灰带入轨道。
Via businessinsider
根据不同的预算，你可以选择不同的距离。
比如最基本的一种是带你的骨灰上去飞一圈再入土为安。
The Earth Rise service affordably launches a symbolic portion of cremated remains or DNA to space. After experiencing the zero gravity environment the individual flight capsules and modules are returned to Earth.
“地球升天”服务经济实惠，可以将部分骨灰或DNA发射到太空。感受零重力环境后，再返回地球。
Via celestis.com
The uniquely compelling Earth Orbit service places the Celestis spacecraft carrying cremated remains or DNA into orbit where it remains until it re-enters the atmosphere, harmlessly vaporizing like a shooting star in final tribute.
独特而引人注目的“地球轨道”服务则由宇宙飞船将骨灰或DNA送入地球轨道，直到它重新进入大气层，最终如流星一般无害地蒸发。
Via celestis.com
如果你还有预算，可以试试把骨灰带到月亮之上。
The Luna service places the Celestis spacecraft carrying cremated remains or DNA on the surface of our nearest neighbor — the Moon — creating a permanent memorial on a distant, but constantly viewable world.
“月亮”服务将把你的骨灰或DNA带去我们最近的邻居——月球的表面上——让你永远安息在遥远却又时刻能和地球相望的世界。
Via celestis.com
如果你喜欢冒险，你的骨灰也可以突破月球，飞向更遥远的外太空。
The Voyager service is a true mission of exploration, sending the Celestis spacecraft carrying cremated remains or DNA on a permanent celestial journey, well beyond the Moon.
“旅行者”服务则是一项真正的探索，将由宇宙飞船搭载着骨灰或DNA送往比月球更远的地方，开始永久的太空之旅。
然而，对于这类“死后升空”的服务，网友们却不以为然……
So what gives them the right to litter space at our expense, we haven't even begun to explore space and already they're starting to pollute it.
谁给他们的权利在太空上乱扔垃圾，我们甚至还没有开始探索太空，有人已经开始污染它了。
They made space into a business as well now anything to suck money from somewhere
太空也变成一个产业了，现在什么东西都可以吸金。
