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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. NASA by DuncanE · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hmmmm... I would of thought some of the peeps at NASA could of thought of a more individual gesture than that. I realise he's not a REAL spaceman, but surely everyone at the big N A S A can tie a bit of their personal motivation back to good old Scottie....

    Beam me up.

  2. Re:Sub-orbital space? by FlyByPC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The problem is, they didn't have Scotty working on the engines. Had he been available to help, they'd have made orbit for sure -- and then some.

    I'm within a year of finishing up my Engineering Technology degree. I know for a fact that Doohan's "Scotty" had a lot to do with my interest in Engineering, even though I'm not a hardcore Trekkie. (I just think it's a good sci-fi TV show.)
    Here's to a job well done, Mr. Scott -- we miss you.

    --
    Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
  3. Re:Bollocks by NeverVotedBush · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wow, I'm sure that if he was alive, he would discount you as the angry and ineffectual waste of space that you are.