Navajo Nation's objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting

[LauraInLA]

38. So I took a family poll.

My 51-y-o husband doesn’t really have an opinion either for or against.

I THINK I think they should be allowed to empty the cremains canisters on the moon but not leave the canisters there. I agree the moon belongs to us all but don’t have a serious problem with leaving ashes (without boxes, memorials, or anything “permanent”).

My 20-ish son thinks it’s stupid to pay money to send your ashes to the moon. And that the moon is like Antarctica — we all “own” it and no one should dump anything there. My son also thinks we shouldn’t pour cremains in the ocean However, he didn’t have an issue with us burying some of my mother’s ashes at her favorite beach, where they were undoubtedly washed into the ocean. I should ask him how he feels about throwing them into the wind off a cliff, a la The Big Lebowski . Millennials — go figure (just kidding)!