But Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said that allowing the remains to touch down there would be an affront to many indigenous cultures, which revere the moon. “The moon holds a sacred place in Navajo cosmology,” Nygren said in a Thursday statement. “At the time, Navajo Nation President Albert Hale voiced our objections regarding this action. The Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation is responsible for licensing all private space launches in the US. But Navajo Nation officials have little hope that they will be able to stop Monday’s launch.

Source: The Nation January 06, 2024 12:30 UTC