SpaceX火箭載100人骨灰飛上天

One of the 64 small satellites launched into space aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last Monday carried the cremated remains of 100 people, including veterans and space enthusiasts.

上周一，SpaceX公司的獵鷹9號火箭載64顆小衛(wèi)星發(fā)射升空，其中一顆小衛(wèi)星攜帶100人的骨灰，這些逝者中包括退伍軍人和太空愛好者。

The space burial was provided by the San Francisco-based company Elysium Space. With a price tag of$2,500, customers can send a one gram sample of ashes into space on board a 26-square-centimeter satellite called a cube sat, reports thedailybeast.com.

據(jù)新聞網(wǎng)站《每日野獸》報道，本次太空葬由總部位于舊金山的“極樂太空”公司提供。價格為2500美元，顧客可以讓1克骨灰樣本隨一顆26平方厘米的立方體衛(wèi)星進入太空。

After the remains enter orbit, the families can track the coordinates of the satellite online in real time.

在骨灰進入軌道后，家屬可在線實時追蹤該衛(wèi)星的坐標。

After four years, it will re-enter the atmosphere in an uncontrolled reentry, according to Thomas Cievit, the founder and CEO of Elysium Space.

據(jù)“極樂太空”創(chuàng)始人兼首席執(zhí)行官托馬斯·賽維特透露，這顆衛(wèi)星將在4年后非受控再入大氣層。

The first launch of human ashes into space took place in 1992, when the remains of Star Trekcreator Gene Roddneberry were launched into orbit.

人類骨灰第一次被送往太空發(fā)生在1992年，當時《星際迷航》創(chuàng)作人金·羅丹貝利的遺骨被送入了太空軌道。

The cost of private space burial is expected to fall as the service becomes more popular in the future.

隨著這項服務(wù)在未來變得越來越普及，私人太空葬的成本預(yù)計將會下降。