💀 Ashes to ashes — but wrong direction
Space startup The Exploration Company just pulled the worst "space burial" PR stunt imaginable. Instead of orbiting the Earth and returning in glory… 166 people's ashes are now somewhere at the bottom of the Pacific. 🌊
Their capsule was supposed to glide back on June 24th. It did. But the parachute? Nope. Now, the remains of grandpas, grandmas, and some experimental weed seeds (yep, for science) are chilling with fish.
🫠 CEO Hélène Huby has the absolute worst email draft of her life to send right now. And if this sounds familiar — it should. Back in 2023, their other cremation mission ended with a rocket explosion over New Mexico.
Space funerals: still very much in beta.