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Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the red-shirts-all-around dept.

caffiend666 writes "According to a Space.com news article the cremated remains of 200 people were lost in the mountains after their trip to space. 'The search for the UP Aerospace payload of experiments and the cremated remains of some 200 people — including "Scotty" of Star Trek fame, as well as pioneeering NASA Mercury astronaut, Gordon Cooper — continues within rugged New Mexico mountain landscape.' Is it just me, or does it seem appropriate that they lost the landing party? Here's to a safe recovery!"

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  1. No problem. by ScrewMaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spock will figure out the only logical place it could be.

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    1. Re:No problem. by srmalloy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess the engines really couldn't take it...

    2. Re:No problem. by novus+ordo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Keith Richards' nose?

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    3. Re:No problem. by lordmatthias215 · · Score: 4, Funny

      If I had to be lost somewhere, it'd be the land of Latinas and tequila.

      Sounds a whole heck of a lot like the New Mexico I know...

    4. Re:No problem. by McFadden · · Score: 4, Funny

      And in that vein...

      I wouldn't worry about looking for Doohan. Just wait a few weeks and he'll show up on eBay.

  2. Clever... by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    He *knew* the Nexus was going to go through that exact point.

  3. Obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He was always wearing a red shirt. It was inevitable that he would be lost.

    1. Re:Obvious by Infoport · · Score: 4, Funny

      no, it is only the new crewmen in red shirts who are doomed. If you have a nickname, you are pretty much safe.

      and being Ensign something, well you might as well leave your good boots at home for someone else.

    2. Re:Obvious by solitas · · Score: 5, Funny

      http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/insp_expendab ility.jpg

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  4. clear throat, cue theremin by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rural New Mexico, the final frontier. These are the remains of James Doohan. Its five-minute mission: to explore cactus and scrub mesas; to not burn up and burst its canister; to boldly go where no cremated remains have gone before.

    oooooo waaaahhh, wah wah wah wah wah....

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  5. Not again, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the second time he's put himself into a transporter loop waiting for rescue.
    Clevernickname better get off his blog and go get him.

  6. Damn it Jim! by nihilistcanada · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am a doctor not an orbital scientist!

  7. Re:Raise your hands by BlargIAmDead · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the point was to see how the remains of several cremated people reacted to zero g conditions. We now now that when subjected to these certain conditions they gain enough intelligence to outsmart NASA :)

  8. His Last Words by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Yah c'nt bury me, yoo got na ashes!"

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  9. Searching in the wrong place... by ChangeOnInstall · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has anyone checked ebay yet?

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  10. Breaking news... by fireman+sam · · Score: 4, Funny

    The ship has been found, but unfortunately everyone on board have been confirmed dead. :(

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  11. Obligatory Bones Quote: by rts008 · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's dead, Jim!

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  12. Re:Raise your hands by prelelat · · Score: 4, Funny

    to make money, of course. it was a private enterprise. I can't tell if that was a pun or not.

    Either way good call.
  13. Re:Raise your hands by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I had this in mind when I chose to bury two of my dogs in the backyard.

    How did you get them to stay there? Mine always dig themselves out.