Showing posts with label Ashes on Moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ashes on Moon. Show all posts

Jan 24, 2020

Man on the Moon

There is one human whose ashes are on the moon. Eugene Shoemaker is often credited with inventing the field of planetary science and after a career filled with stellar accomplishments, he spent his days traveling around the world to study impact craters. He trained the astronauts headed to the Moon and named many of the craters, valleys, and mountains on the Moon.

When he passed away in 1997 his wife sent his ashes to the moon in a metal cylinder that was inscribed with a quote from Romeo and Juliet: "And, when he shall die/Take him and cut him out in little stars/And he will make the face of heaven so fine/That all the world will be in love with night/And pay no worship to the garish sun."

Since his ashes were interred on the Moon, Shoemaker has remained the only person ever buried on an extraterrestrial surface.