And what the hell, we're *only* 6.84 trillion in debt...

What about the families of all those sailors missing at sea? Who's going to
pay to bring them home, and also get a fragment buried in a full-size casket?

"Mycroft" david wrote

You missed the point which is it gives the family, friends and comrades
closure it removes the doubt of 30 years; Capt. Mark Danielson long ago left
his body to him it does not matter where his body (or part of it) is buried
but it brings comfort to those many people he left behind.