Future ways to spread my ashes

A lot of readers will not be needing to spread their ashes for quite a number of years so I thought we would take a look at some possible future ways to do it. Just as cremation has started to replace a lot of regular burials, we will see the scattering of ashes change over time. Some ways to scatter ashes today are not available to everyone due to high cost.

The space elevator and low cost commercial launchers will open up the business of putting ashes into orbit or sending them out into space. Memorial space flights are taking place today but only a small amount of ashes is taken. Finally, as we start colonizing the moon, there will be a place there on the moon for those that have decided they would rather be there than on Earth. Those that die there will surely stay there. Lunar service is supposed to start in the next decade around 2010.

Remote controlled aircraft called UAVs or unmanned aerial vehicles will be adapted for aerial scattering of ashes. Companies will be able to fly these over remote locations and scatter ashes anywhere you would like to be placed for your final resting spot.

As robotic devices become more prevalent in society, a special kind of robot will be released. Ashes will be mixed in with the material that makes the outer skin of the robot. You will be able to live on as part of a mechanical being.

Memorial structures will not just be built for remembering love ones. The structures will actually be made from ashes mixed in with the material itself. These structures will themselves become a form of mausoleum having special protection as burial sites and memorials. Another similar method will be to make individual markers from ashes and place them in a green burial site. These markers will become houses for animals and birds.