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Ashes of Doohan Sent Into Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-original-jokes-left dept.

Stephen Samuel writes "The CBC is reporting that Star Trek actor James Doohan ("Scotty") achieved his hopes of having his ashes launched into space when a package containing some of his ashes, ashes of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and about 200 other people were carried into sub-orbital space by a 6 meter (20') rocket. The rocket was launched by UP Aerospace from "Spaceport America", a commercial spaceport being developed in the southern New Mexico desert."

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  1. Great by NJVil · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's bad enough that humanity is littering the upper atmosphere with by-products of space travel. This is a necessary evil if we are to explore the universe.

    Now, it seems, we're intentionally (and symbolically) bringing our trash with us up into space.

  2. Yesterday called by thsths · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It wants its news back. Seriously, this has already been shown on evening news on BBC. It seems like slashdot is bloating like Mozilla, or why does that take so long?

  3. Bollocks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...he was a shit actor and a total embarrassment. Not only that, but this journey into space is basically nothing more than a little pebble of his ASHES being shot up to 70 miles and immediately falling back down again. Big fucking deal.

    What a colossal waste of time and money.