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George Takei Now an Asteroid

Posted by samzenpus on from the lock-phasers-on-gimmick dept.

ineedbettername writes "In recent news, the International Astronomic Union has decided to rename the asteroid "1994 GT9" to 7307 Takei in honor of George Takei, the actor who played Sulu in Star Trek. He now joins the ranks of other famous sci-fi figures in space, such as 4659 Roddenberry, 68410 Nichols, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov."

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  1. Re:Big Star Trek Fan...but.. by MrCopilot · · Score: 2, Informative
    I'm not sure who this Nichols cat is

    Ummm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhura

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  2. For once when I decided to read the article... by lordsilence · · Score: 2, Informative

    I thought he had died!
    Thinking his ashes might've been sent to space and then come down again.

    Not reading those summaries are bad...

  3. Re:Lucy in the sky with Takai, ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    "Has Been" doesn't suck. His cover of "Common People" is actually very good.