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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. a brief flight in space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    a brief flight in space

    Somehow that is worse than a common burial.

    Are we so afraid that space-trash could bring down our satellites that we fuck with space-burials but don't care about climate changes on the other hand?

  2. 4 Minutes in Space by Altima(BoB) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The article says his remains spent only 4 minutes in space (or "at the edge of space")

    It seems as though all of these high profile space-related personalities, when they have heir remains famously 'sent into space' neglect to mention the trip is always temporary.

    I wonder if there will ever be an option to send one's remains into deep space. Surely there might even be some kind of value in hurling as many human bodies as we can as far out into the abyss of the universe as is possible. The bacteria present on a full corpse could, if it landed on a hospitable planet, thrive and create a new ecosystem. Or, in the exraordinarily unlikely event that billions of year hence, one of these space coffins encountered some intelligent life, we sould have given THEM proof there was was other life in the universe.

    Of course these last two assume that bodies would be sent into space uncremated, which isn't all that practical I guess, but even cremated remains ought to be hurled out into deep space in my opinion.

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    1. Re:4 Minutes in Space by suv4x4 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Of course these last two assume that bodies would be sent into space uncremated, which isn't all that practical I guess, but even cremated remains ought to be hurled out into deep space in my opinion.

      It may become practical if the space elevator gets built. And there are some high profile people working hard on it.

      It may make space ceremony cheaper than the normal one.

  3. Well, mission accomplished by suv4x4 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is, if mocking an actor's ashes was the mission.

    And for some reason everyone keeps calling the guy "Scotty". His name was James Doohan. The people who paid and organized this trip were apparently not the smartest people around.