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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. Yeah, yeah, yeah... by stinkbomb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...that's great and all, but what the hell is with this picture on UP Aerospace's website? Is she exposing the vast NASA conspiracy to hide the FACT that space is just painted on cardboard a few feet above our heads?