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If I have gone to all the trouble of getting to Mars, don't you dare send my body back to Earth. And with a whole planet filled with nothing, I think you can f
by swamp40 12y ago
If I have gone to all the trouble of getting to Mars, don't you dare send my body back to Earth.
And with a whole planet filled with nothing, I think you can find room for a decent cemetery - so that in a thousand years someone can look down on my headstone and say "Here lies one of the first humans ever to set foot on Mars."
And if I don't quite make it there, just launch my body out towards somewhere like Kepler-186f, where in a million years some alien species might discover it and have proof that life does exist somewhere out there.
- TeMPOraL 12y ago> If I have gone to all the trouble of getting to Mars, don't you dare send my body back to Earth. Completely agreed. > And if I don't quite make it there, just launch my body out towards somewhere like Kepler-186f (...) So now instead of a bigger grave or tombstone, your family will have to pay for a bigger delta-v budget ;).
- angersock 12y agoAs another poster mentioned, one could easily imagine other uses for human remains. Were I to pass away during early colonization of Mars I do believe I'd enjoy being the guest and course of honor at a proper wake. At least they'll be able to properly criticize my taste!