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Singapore firm sets sights on launching memorial flights for space burial
Families can sign up to send portion of their loved ones' cremated remains into space
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Staff from Equatorial Space Industries working on its Low Altitude Demonstrator guided rocket. The tech start-up, together with space burial firm Empyrean Space, is also developing rockets for space memorial flights.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF EQUATORIAL SPACE INDUSTRIES
Calvin Yang
Families here can soon send the cremated ashes of their loved ones on a memorial flight into space, if a venture by local company Empyrean Space gets off the ground.
It is believed to be the first in South-east Asia to offer space burial services.
