Memorial spaceflights offer people in New Zealand a new way to say goodbye, sending tokens holding their ashes into orbit
n 19 January, Keryn Townsley will be hoping for a clear night sky. Her family will gather at their home in Wellington,, to watch a live stream of a rocket launching in the US – a tradition they have observed many times in the past. But this time will be different. On board the rocket will be a small inscribed metal token holding a portion of ashes belonging to 14-year-old Remy – Townsley’s rocket-loving son – who died suddenly in 2020.
“I get that it wouldn’t be appropriate for some people and some might even think it sounds gimmicky,” Townsley says. “But we’re very plain, straight-talking folk and for us it wasn’t. When you lose someone, you have to find that connection for you and your family.” “He sold some of his toys and bought a model rocket … When he turned 13, he joined the air cadets in Lower Hutt because he wanted to learn to fly.”
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