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Peregrine Mission One: Critical Loss of Propellant
- nickthegreek 3y agoWonder where the human remains onboard will end up.
- imoverclocked 3y agoUltimately? Probably in a black hole like the rest of us.
- curtis3389 3y agoIt seems rather apt that remains of both Arthur C. Clarke and Gene Roddenberry could find themselves drifting aimlessly through space. It makes me think of Frank Poole and the SS Botany Bay.
- euroderf 3y agoand the Starlost (Canadian series). "Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow."
- striking 3y agoTo others, for context: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/navajo-objection-to-flying-human-ashes-to-the-moon-wont-delay-launch/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/navajo-objection-to-fl... > Science instruments aren't the only things hitching a ride to the Moon on a commercial lunar lander that is ready for launch on Monday. Two companies specializing in "space burials" are also sending cremated human remains to the Moon, and this doesn't sit well with the Navajo Nation.
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- jauntywundrkind 3y agoIs the failure in the upper stage? Or is it something in the payload? Were all of the payloads affected?
- malfist 3y agoNo failure in the upper stage. It is the payload.
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- ChrisArchitect 3y ago[dupe] More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38913857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38913857