On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:55:33 -0000
"croprobz" <
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> In Survival, Henderson must have been away on holiday, with
> dead astronaut Bill Grant being given a send off in a
> multi-stage rocket. How much did that cost SHADO.
> Couldn't they have just burried him on the moon, or was
> the rocket taking him back to Earth?
I think he's being 'buried in space', a kind of futuristic version
of the old tradition of sailors being buried at sea. You're quite
right, it must be somewhat expensive.