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

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98. Well, the concept of "sacred" is somewhat malleable.

Some might consider the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to be "sacred" and thus not amenable to having a billboard erected on its top.

I don't much care what rationale is used, I just think using the moon as a dust bin for cremains is the height of arrogance.

And I'm not sure I know what "sacred" means in this context, but if by "sacred" they mean not to be used for grossly commercial purposes I'm all for it. Just like the Black Hills are "sacred" -- meaning not to be sullied by open pit mining, fracking, or oil exploration.

At some point it would be nice if we didn't hang a dollar sign on anything and everything around us.

This reminds me of the idea that was floated a few years ago of using the night sky for ads. I mean, why not? All that "empty" space just crying out for commercial exploitation.

Arrogant, ugly, and typical of our increasingly benighted world view.