Getting off the rock
The indefatigable Tom Walkinshaw, to whose market survey many readers of the blog contributed, is coming closer to realising his dream of launching ashes into space. He has given up the day job in order to make it happen. He already has a prototype of the satellite that would carry the ashes. It is about […]
Crowdsourcing a Space-Age Distribution Strategy
Posted by Tom Walkinshaw Ed’s note: Tom is an enterprising fellow who has a plan to launch ashes into Space – Space burial, he calls it. He needs your help and expertise to get it off the ground, which is why he crowdsourcing on the blog this morning at our invitation. Alba Orbital are now […]
Can you help?
Space burial is about sending a portion of cremation ashes into space, then releasing them so that they can orbit the Earth. Up in Glasgow, Tom Walkinshaw is developing his own space burial programme. It’s ambitious stuff. He’s won an award from Glasgow Caledonian University and he has the support of the Prince’s Scottish Youth […]
