Funeral in Space - Virgina wants to offer a tax back of 8000 $ for a space funeral

Funeral in Space - Virgina wants to offer a tax back of 8000 $ for a space funeral.

About a corresponding draft law reported local media. The initiative will be discussed in the next year in the local parliament.The aim of the authorities: they want to attract tourists. Donna Bozza from the local tourist office is betting that drive the families of those who have their ashes fly into space, the rocket launch to Virginia. Would then visit the bereaved as well as restaurants, hotels and attractions of the region, said the television station WTVR Bozza.
The infrastructure for the rocket launch is already available. Iceland on Wallops in Virginia is the launch site of the U.S. space agency Nasa.