Having your last remains dumped into the Pacific Ocean is for stoners. The truest dead bad-asses have their ashes strewn across the universe in a noiseless outer space explosion.

Thanks to Space Services Inc., eccentric rich people can kiss terrestrial burial goodbye, and say hello to the final frontier in funeral technology: dead guys in space. A portion of your loved one’s cremated remains can be sent into a temporary orbit around Earth for as little as $1,000, and launched out into deep space for just pennies over $12,000.

If you act RIGHT NOW, there’s still space on The Legacy Flight, which will dump a rocket-full of ashes into the cosmos on April 28th. Current registered participants include James Doohan (Oh snap, it’s Scotty from Star Trek!!!), a 23-year-old techno music fan/car crash victim, and a 90-year-old big game hunter.

…From the stars we are born, to the stars we will return…

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