You can now be buried on the moon — even if you're not rich

What!? You Say!? Bury me in the Moon?

Yes ooo. It's not a movie. It's real and I am seriously thinking about it.

The San Francisco-based company Elysium Space officially launched its 'lunar memorial' service earlier this month, and will soon be sending the remains of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier's mother upwards as part of its first ever moon burial.

When they were asked questions further about this 'innovation' on their website. This is the reply?

"You receive a kit containing a custom ash capsule to collect a cremated remains sample. After we receive the ash capsule back from you, we place your capsule in the Elysium memorial spacecraft. The latter is eventually integrated to the Astrobotic lander during the designated integration event. From here, the lander is integrated onto the launch vehicle. On launch day, the remains are carried to the moon where the lander will be deployed to its dedicated location, preserving our memorial spacecraft for eternity." 

Because Elysium can only send a small portion of cremated remains to the moon (less than a gram), participants aren't actually paying to have their loved ones "buried" on the moon.

The announcement of the service is still stirring up quite a bit of interest online for its novelty, however — though it should be noted that the cremated remains of geologist Dr. Eugene Shoemaker were already sent to the moon on NASA's Lunar Prospector craft in 1998.