> Space launching is very expensive and rockets are about as explosive and volatile as constructing giant towers of fuel sounds like. I think it's understood t

> Space launching is very expensive and rockets are about as explosive and volatile as constructing giant towers of fuel sounds like. I think it's understood that this won't be cheap. But what about this "safety issue"? We're talking about a dead body. Yes, there's a chance the rocket will explode, but that would be a pretty cool "burial" as well. > The boring and saner approach is just to do traditional funerary options and use the money left over to help fund space research. So, you're proposing that instead of spending a hundred million dollars on a space burial, I spend a few grand on a regular burial and donate the rest to "space research". That's still insane but now you killed the incentive. In all seriousness, cryochambers in space are vital space research, so why not start out with dead bodies of rich humans?