Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions

Photo by Emilio Garcia on Unsplash. Article by Joanne M. Pierce and Mathew Schmalz. The Conversation – February 13, 2024.

Sending human remains to the Moon on the first commercial lunar lander, Peregrine 1, on Jan. 8, 2024, along with scientific instruments, caused a controversy. Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, objected, saying that “the moon holds a sacred place” in Navajo and other tribal traditions and should not be defiled in this way. […]

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