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Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions

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The Navajo Nation objected to sending human remains to the Moon. In Judaism, the bodies of the dead are to be buried or entombed in the earth. Unlike some other religions, neither Judaism nor Christianity considers the Moon divine or sacred. In Islam, the deceased is ritually washed, wrapped in a shroud and buried in a cemetery.

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Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions

Sending human remains to the Moon on the first commercial lunar lander, Peregrine 1, on Jan. 8, 2024, along with scientific instruments, caused a controversy. Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, objected, saying that “the moon holds a sacred place” in Navajo and other tribal traditions and should not be defiled in this way. The inside of the lander was to be a kind of “space burial” for remains of some 70 people. Each of the families had…

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