Original sentence: According to an interview with the artist in Belgian newspaper De Morgen, the statue was supposed to be a representation of all mankind, not simply fallen astronauts or cosmonauts.Ultimately, Van Hoeydonck did not know the statute would be used as a memorial for the fallen spacegoers.Van Hoeydonck recalls a different set of events leading to the creation of the artifact
Edited sentence: According to an interview with the artist in Belgian newspaper De Morgen, this isn't quite true.Afterwards it became apparent the astronauts had turned the statue into a monument for fallen astronauts and cosmonauts.NASA had not told the gallery owner or the artist that the statue was going to be a grave monument.The statue was supposed to be a representation of mankind.Van Hoeydonck's gallery owner had planned a multiple of 1000 copies of the statue (he had spent a considerable amount of money getting the project realized), but after the public outcry only 20 copies were made, most of which went to museums