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Scotty Scooped Up

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the captain's-log-supplemental dept.

mmarlett writes "Scotty has been found. 'The ashes of late Star Trek actor James Doohan have been found in mountains in the US state of New Mexico, where they landed after a brief flight in space.' And pretty much where they thought they put them, too."

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  1. Re:4 Minutes in Space by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Informative

    The rocket was already going (for other reasons), so the trip was already paid for. Doing a special beyond-orbital shot just to send someone's ashes out there would be... well, it would equal the cost of building and launching an entire larger-than-usual rocket.

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  2. Re:4 Minutes in Space by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 2, Informative

    I seem to recall from an interview with Rutan ( or one of his Spaceship One engineers? I forget ) they mentioned that the energy difference between getting to 'space' ( approx 100 miles ) and getting there with enough speed to stay in orbit differed by a factor of 30. Escape velocity of course would be more than that.

  3. Re:Cool! by tverbeek · · Score: 2, Informative

    The cost to Jimmy's family of doing this was only $495. A wee bit of him basically hitched a ride on an test mission that was happening anyways.

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