The Nation - News from March 5, 1986

A company offering celestial burials was charged with operating an unlicensed cemetery, and according to law it must own at least 15 contiguous acres of land in outer space with a paved road before it can obtain a permit, officials said. Celestis Group Inc. of Tallahassee, Fla., was named by Comptroller Gerald Lewis in an administrative complaint. Celestis advertises that it will launch into space the cremated remains of a loved one packed into a gold-plated, lipstick-sized capsule.