Ashes to Asteroids, Dust to Dusk.

"It broadens the market, which is important to us because our whole business plan is about getting more people access to space...Space needs to be affordable for all in some way." For a small fee, a number of fledgling private space companies will soon send your remains (or personal mementos) into the cosmos, including Space Services, Inc., Beyond-Earth Enterprises, and ZeroG Aerospace. Families paid $995 to $5,300 to have their loved ones' ashes aboard SS, Inc's maiden flight next month, which sounds eminently reasonable to me given the usual financial costs of bereavement.