Ya know, they are always shooting people into space in photon torpedo casings in these shows/movies, but isn’t that pretty odd? Wouldn’t you bring the bodies back to earth so their families can have ceremonies and process the remains? Can you imagine having your dad die in some freak situation and they just shoot his body into space in the middle of nowhere? No to mention that there are any number of aliens out there who could reanimate that body if they find it.
Ya know, they are always shooting people into space in photon torpedo casings in these shows/movies, but isn’t that pretty odd? Wouldn’t you bring the bodies back to earth so their families can have ceremonies and process the remains? Can you imagine having your dad die in some freak situation and they just shoot his body into space in the middle of nowhere? No to mention that there are any number of aliens out there who could reanimate that body if they find it.
It’s a continuation of this tradition since Starfleet is the space navy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_at_sea
Also that was an episode of Voyager.
Such a creepy episode. VOY s6e18 “Ashes to Ashes”