Celestis partners with SpaceX to launch ashes of loved ones into space
By Elina Shirazi
A company called Celestis works with SpaceX to send people s ashes up in space aboard rockets.
MELBOURNE, Fla. - At the end of his life, Al Reinert, the Hollywood screenwriter most famous for Apollo 13, finally reached the stars. I have known Al, I have known him over 50 years, and watched him fall in love with the space program itself. So when he passed, it was obvious that was where he would want to be and it was just a means of getting him there, said Susan Walker, Al Reinert’s friend.