花费12000刀 将您的遗骨葬于月球

时间：2015-10-23 05:52:57

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You might not make it to heaven in the afterlife, but you sure can go as far as the moon. Celestial1 funerals are now a possibility, thanks to San Francisco startup Elysium Space. For a ginormous fee of about $12,000, the company will privately2 transport your cremated3 remains4 to the moon!

在来生里，你不一定去得了天堂，但你现在却能到月球那么远的地方。有了旧金山的“极乐世界”公司，“天葬”服务现在已成为可能。花费12000美元，该公司便会单独将您火化后的遗物运送至月球。
 
Founded by former NASA engineer Thomas Civeit, Elysium boasts of bringing space and funeral experts together to provide the unique service. "Families now have the historic opportunity to commemorate5 their departed loved ones every night through the everlasting6 splendour and soft illumination of the Earth's closest companion: the moon," they stated in a press release.
 
Although the company was founded in 2013, the service only offered in August of this year, after Elysium managed to seal a deal with space logistics company Astrobotic Technology. They're currently taking orders, and the first batch7 of ashes will travel to the moon on Griffin Lander spacecraft – Astrobotic's inaugural8 lunar mission - in 2017.
 
According to Civeit, the families who are opting9 for the service usually have a special connection with space or the night sky. In fact, that's how the idea for the service came about. Elysium's initial plan was to run a service called Shooting Star Memorial, in which ashes are briefly10 sent into orbit and return to Earth as a bright streak11 across the atmosphere. But then they were approached with an unusual request by US Army infantry12 soldier Steven Jenks.
 
Jenks, who lost his mother to lung cancer, wanted to send her remains to the moon because it was a special symbol of their relationship. She would always write to him: "No matter how lonely you feel and how far you are, always look to the Moon and know I am with you. I love you to the Moon and back, Love, Mom." So when he learned that Astrobotic was set up to send various payloads to the Moon, he asked if they could take his mother's ashes too.
 
"It was perfect timing," Civeit said. "Steven Jenks told his touching13 story to Astrobotic as he wanted to have the ashes of his mother delivered to the moon. Astrobotic does not provide such services to individuals but we were signing our contract with Astrobotic at the time and we were honored to make Steven's wish come true." Jenks, of course, is happy to know that his mother's final resting place will be on the moon. "I will know she is looking down on my family and maybe they won't feel so alone," he said.

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1 celestial 4rUz8     
adj.天体的；天上的
参考例句：
  • The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
  • Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。
2 privately IkpzwT     
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
参考例句：
  • Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
  • The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
3 cremated 6f0548dafbb2758e70c4b263a81aa7cf     
v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句
4 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
5 commemorate xbEyN     
vt.纪念，庆祝
参考例句：
  • This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
  • We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
6 everlasting Insx7     
adj.永恒的，持久的，无止境的
参考例句：
  • These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
  • He believes in everlasting life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。
7 batch HQgyz     
n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量
参考例句：
  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
8 inaugural 7cRzQ     
adj.就职的；n.就职典礼
参考例句：
  • We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
  • Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。
9 opting e6a09ce5b5c8079c1654586c4e1dc5b3     
v.选择，挑选( opt的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • What courses are most students opting for? 多数学生选什么课程？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Wells doesn't rule out opting out and then re-signing with Houston. 威尔斯没有排除跳出合同再与火箭重签的可能。 来自互联网
10 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地，简短地
参考例句：
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
11 streak UGgzL     
n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动
参考例句：
  • The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
  • Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？
12 infantry CbLzf     
n.[总称]步兵(部队)
参考例句：
  • The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
  • We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。
13 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的，使人感伤的
参考例句：
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

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