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Subject: Space Burial - (nf)
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ucbesvax!turner    Jul  3 07:50:00 1983

	I understand that NASA has decided that burial in space is one
of the commercial applications that they prefer not to explore.  I think
this is terribly short-sighted.

	There are more than enough egotists out there would would gladly
pay $5K a piece to have their ashes mixed in with a ceramic goo, to be
dried in aerodynamic molds, carried aloft, and put in a rapidly decaying
orbit which had been carefully computed to effect terminal entry (and a
pretty flash in the night sky) for the benefit of the those attending
outdoor evening memorial ceremonies.

	Possibly, these artificial meteors could be timed to within a
fraction of minute, thus allowing for very high volume funeral services
on a national scale, with very predictable satisfaction of customers.

	A Totally Sick, Pagan Degenerate,
	    Michael Turner
	    ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner