Elysium Space Will Bury You In Earth Orbit For Less Than $2K (Song: David Bowie - "Space Oddity")

The public's fascination with outer space travel has just beamed up a notch in what some might call a morbid manner.

A new startup company called Elysium Space is taking orders to send your cremated remains (or those of any dearly departed) into Earth orbit for just under $2,000. Reservations are currently accepted for next summer's first "memorial spaceflight" launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

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Harvard students send hamburger into space (Video)

Five Harvard University students have sent the first hamburger into space.

 The group of friends attached a GPS tracking device and a camera to the snack, before tethering it to a 600g weather balloon filled with helium.


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