Ashes to ashes, dust to moondust…

Celestis a US based company, that helps families honor their loved ones by launching cremains, or cremated human remains, into space. The company purchases positions as a secondary payload on various rockets, and launch samples of many peoples cremains on one launch.  Their original launch, on April 21st, 1997, included Rocket Scientist Beauford Franklin, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and 60’s psychedelic icon Timothy Leary.

Having already sent the ashes of 100 people into orbit,  Celestis is extending their services to offer lunar placement.  The next Lunar trip is scheduled for sometime in 2010. A geologist who picked the site for the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, Mareat West, is the first person to be laid to rest in this way with 2 grams of her remains to be placed on the moon.

Celestis is a subsidiary of Space Services Incorporated., co-founded by Charles M. Schafer, a pioneer in the commercialization of space.

Celestis’ newest distributor is Power Pacific Asset Limited of Hong Kong, which is authorized to market Celestis’ Memorial Spaceflight Services through its subsidiary in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brunei.

The Future of Computer-assisted Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive therapy is one of the most researched types of brain training, especially in dealing with depression and anxiety. Why don’t more people benefit today from it? The lack of a scalable distribution model may perhaps explain that. Researchers predict that technology will help complement the role of therapists, helping more people better cope with change, life, anxiety, and a range of cognitive and emotional challenges. Without any stigma. Just as naturally as one trains abdominal muscles today.

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