<story><title>Peregrine moon lander suffers anomaly after launch</title><url>https://spacenews.com/peregrine-lander-suffers-anomaly-after-launch/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>janice1999</author><text>Aside from scientific instruments it contains a variety of payloads, including cryptocurrency and human remains packaged by 2 private companies [0] . I think the latter is rather distasteful and turning the moon into a celebrity cemetery should be banned by international agreement.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Peregrine_Mission_One&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Peregrine_Mission_One&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>heliodor</author><text>What does it mean to have cryptocurrency on the spacecraft, &lt;i&gt;physically&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;p&gt;Sounds like a marketing falsehood to me.&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;#x27;t imagine what a statement like, &amp;quot;there was 1 bitcoin on board the spacecraft&amp;quot; would mean. It is nonsensical given what bitcoin is, and cryptocurrency in general.&lt;p&gt;You can have the keys printed on paper and placed onboard but that does not mean there was 1 bitcoin onboard.</text></comment>
<story><title>Peregrine moon lander suffers anomaly after launch</title><url>https://spacenews.com/peregrine-lander-suffers-anomaly-after-launch/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>janice1999</author><text>Aside from scientific instruments it contains a variety of payloads, including cryptocurrency and human remains packaged by 2 private companies [0] . I think the latter is rather distasteful and turning the moon into a celebrity cemetery should be banned by international agreement.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Peregrine_Mission_One&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Peregrine_Mission_One&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>orbital-decay</author><text>Why stop at this? Let&amp;#x27;s internationally ban poor taste and kitsch in general. I&amp;#x27;m sure it would go well.</text></comment>