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World Moon is a global cemetary
that eventually will provide life on the moon.
The beauty about globalization
is that we have friends all over the world,
with social media and cheap flights we keep
a close contact to our friends.
But when a beloved one dies I don't think
I'm going to fly to the otherside of the planet
to maintain a grave so I think the rituals
for mourning are really gonna change.
In ancient times we built a graveyard next to the metropolis
or the necropolis next to the metropolis.
And if we look at the globe today
we could say that our globe is one big metropolis,
and that the moon could be the perfect necropolis.
Because you can see it from every location on earth.
So the deceased are always inside and forever on our minds.
On a moon funeral we don't use a coffin,
instead we use a ceremonial rocket
with the ashes of our beloved one inside.
So instead of looking at the ground or the highlight of the funeral
we gaze at the lightning rocket trail heading for the moon
until it's out of sight.
The ashes will be sprinkled on the moon.
And since the human ash is very fertile,
the soil on the moon will gradually change into a nutritious surface --
(Laughter)
So this together with the water already found on the moon,
this is a valid base for plant growth.
So that's why we put a second function
into this ceremonial rocket.
It doesn't only bring the ashes to the moon,
it also creates a moon-membrane in the lunar orbit
which eventually make a moon atmosphere
so real life on the moon can occur.
So there will be new life on the moon.
And since this new paradise has been
grown from the ashes of our forefathers,
all our forefathers from planet Earth
this World Moon cannot be colonised by
one single nation or group.
On World Moon there will be no borders,
and there will be no distinction between
race, color, culture or religion.
Wouldn't that be wonderful?
So to share these ideas -- we are architects --
so I thought we should make a model of it
to have you all to get to notice that we're doing this,
and the model is in sale,
with a scale 1 to 140,000,000.
So you can wear it as a jewel
to show that you like these ideas and
would like to live on World Moon.
And just to put it in a perspective,
we are asked by Alicia Framis from Moon Life,
and she creates products and concepts for life on the moon
or future human life in space,
and all the products created for that project
are in the Moon Life concept store
which is traveling around the globe.
And it will be opened in Shangai 11th of December,
and the second one will be in Rotterdam
so I really hope to see you there.
Thank you.
(Applause)