An enterprising company decided to hop on the idea started by Eugene Shoemaker and send ashes of bereaved to the moon.
Pretty harmless fun, you'd think. What's a little more dust on the moon?
But no, someone had to cry about it, and in this case, it's the Navajo people.
The flight will go ahead anyway, but Navajo are determined to stop further flights. Of course, Maori have their back:
Personally, I'd have thought ignorant and arrogant would describe a neolithic people telling a technologically-advanced nation what they can and can't do 300,000 km above the earth. These people had no notion of what the moon is, and it decidedly does not have any life force or mauri. It's a big rock.
Still, it's all good for humour value as the Maori chick says:
By all means withdraw your support, sweetie - I'm sure NASA will be suitably chastised.
Looks like Monsieur Musk might have to schedule some moon visits.
Pretty harmless fun, you'd think. What's a little more dust on the moon?
But no, someone had to cry about it, and in this case, it's the Navajo people.
The flight will go ahead anyway, but Navajo are determined to stop further flights. Of course, Maori have their back:
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‘Ignorant and arrogant’: Maramataka expert Heeni Hoterene wants Māori to oppose moon burials |
Still, it's all good for humour value as the Maori chick says:
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“As indigenous people and as Māori, we must support Navajo ... and we need to look at actually withdrawing our support to Nasa,” Hoterene told Te Ao News. |
Looks like Monsieur Musk might have to schedule some moon visits.
via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/cg2wFfr
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