Japan-based start-up 'Warpspace' to fly wedding plaques into space
The sky is no longer the limit for lovers looking for unusual ways to commemorate their nuptials, with a Japanese company now offering to blast commemorative wedding plaques into space. Warpspace, a start-up based in Tsukuba City outside Tokyo, is introducing the new service in partnership with a local hotel popular for wedding banquets. The start-up would charge 30,000 Yen for this. Here's more.
Tiny satellite would take wedding plaque to space station
Newly-weds marrying at the hotel will be able to emboss their names and design elements on 16 x 8 mm titanium plates that will be loaded onto a tiny satellite. The satellite will be taken up to International Space Station on a supply ship, and then released by astronauts. Customers receive photos of the craft carrying their plaques, Warpspace Chief Executive Toshihiro Kameda said.
Satellite launch is expected next year
"Space trips are not common yet but couples can send up plaques that carry their affections," Kameda said. "I want them to spread their happiness across the sky," he said. Kameda said, "We want to make space enjoyable and usable." The satellite launch is not expected until next year, but the company will soon start taking orders from couples tying the knot.
Wedding plaques would burn up in space within two years
While love lasts forever, the commemorative plaques won't. The satellite is expected to stay in space for one to two years, and will eventually burn up in Earth's atmosphere when it comes down.
