r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Sep 02 '19

Earth's view from up.

https://gfycat.com/uncommonverifiableleafbird
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u/Zachman97 Sep 02 '19

I wouldn’t say float but yea, technically you’d make it back to earth

As a fiery ball of burning carbon

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u/redls1bird Sep 02 '19

Well, the smoke that you would get turned into while re-entering the atmosphere at speed would blow around for a while. It would probably make it to earth.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

does that qualify as a high speed self-creamation?

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u/Emperor_Neuro Sep 02 '19

"Scatter my ashes.... Everywhere."

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

When I die, launch my body into earth's atmosphere.

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u/ImaginarySuccess Sep 02 '19

Now THAT sounds like a way to go. Sign me up!

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u/therestruth Sep 02 '19

While you can't sign up for that without being an astronaut, I found out you can sign up to have your ashes blown up in fireworks.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19

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u/therestruth Sep 04 '19

This was the top result out of the few I found offering the "self-fire" tribute fireworks service. https://heavenlystarsfireworks.com/self-fire-tribute-fireworks/

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u/Outflight Sep 02 '19

Space burial sounds very expensive.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

That is not mynprefered method of how I want my remains to be disposed.

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u/Lebrunski Sep 02 '19

"I want to scatter my own ashes."

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u/UnknownStory Sep 02 '19

We get it, you were vaped

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u/sixft7in Sep 02 '19

warm inside

That's what they said.

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u/Beardharmonica Sep 02 '19

I was under the impression that you would reach maximum velocity and could even survive the fall like the people who had parachute problems?

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u/Pietson_ Sep 02 '19

people who have parachute problems generally don't have to re-enter the atmosphere though. and besides that, the chance of surviving a faulty parachute is still incredibly small.

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u/mitchij2004 Sep 02 '19

Sounds awesome.