A space delivery company offers the unique opportunity to send personal items to the Moon for a fee, raising questions about the commercialization of space and its impact on the original principles of exploration.
Sending a return would be even more of a faff though Space exploration should be for all countries and for the benefit of all mankind. More or less, that’s what the Outer Space Treaty says, which was signed in 1967 and is the basis of the laws governing what we can do there. Reach out to aliens? Yes, if they exist. Claim Mars as the 51st US state? No. Send a package of any non-hazardous, inert item that you can fit in a capsule to the Moon via delivery company DHL? Yes, apparently.
What are we launching up there? Aside from the rockets, boosters, landers, satellites, and assorted spacecraft, here are some of the stranger things humans have launched into space: Human ashes A Tesla Roadster electric car Lego DOGE coin Hair of US presidents Human teeth Tardigrades Dinosaur bones Jellyfish Gorilla suit Pet hair Crispy crust salami pizza: an extra salty pizza was delivered to the ISS in 2001 at a cost of around a million dollars.
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