Right now, an aging man wants to send his own ashes to space, when the time comes. A daughter wants to send her mother, who dreamed of being an astronaut. A few more are working toward this, each for reasons of their own.
None of them are waiting because they’re unsure. They already know what they want to do. What’s stopping them is $249.
That price is modest, vastly lower than any ashes to space service that came before. But for some people, it’s the obstacle. Not doubt. Not readiness. Just cost.
Why we built it this way
We started Space Beyond on the idea that a memorial like this shouldn’t be reserved for the wealthy or elite. Access matters more than margins. So when it became clear that cost, and only cost, was the thing standing between real people and a memorial they’d already decided on, it felt wrong to leave that alone. And, when a client recently wrote to ask me specifically to find someone she could sponsor, I knew it was time to make this happen.
Sponsor a Journey is how you close the gap for someone, to sponsor the flight for them.
Your $249 covers the entire Ashtronaut™ Program for a person you’ll likely never meet (unless you both ask me to make an introduction): the launch, the flight tracking, the digital certificate, even the $50 name engraving most people pay extra for. A $299 experience, given in full, at no cost to them.
I personally choose who will be the recipient of your sponsorship. If you have some specific situation or type of person in mind – such as a parent, a spouse, a child – you can tell me, and I’ll take it into account. I can’t promise an exact match, but I can promise it goes to someone who’s genuinely waiting and deserving of the support.
How it works
You sponsor a journey today, for $249. I match it to a deserving recipient. They receive everything, the kit, the launch, the tracking, the engraving, without ever seeing a bill. And it goes to work right away. It isn’t held for some future round, waiting on a batch of sponsors to fill up first. We have individual recipients ready right now, waiting for your individual sponsorship.
You gave someone the chance they didn’t think they could afford. That’s the whole thing.
If you’re wondering whether this is real, or who’s actually waiting, or what happens if a launch doesn’t go as planned, all of that’s answered on the Sponsor a Journey page:
— Ryan Mitchell
Founder, Space Beyond
