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A Spacecraft Carrying Human Remains and Cannabis Crashes into the Ocean (www.universetoday.com)

submitted 1 year ago by homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I mean, haha silly funny time, but it was a person, Phillip Chapman, an astronaut's remains. Please show some respect.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 1 year ago

actually, that was their other launch. It exploded.

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Spewing that much poison into the atmosphere for superstitious reasons is not worthy of respect, no matter who they were when they were alive.

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[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The spacecraft was actually part of a ride share, with lots of other payloads, so the launch was for a lot of reasons.

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