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Scotty's Final Mission

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the best-way-to-go dept.

Jane Q. Public writes "According to Ars Technica, the ashes of James Doohan, who played "Scotty" in the original 'Star Trek' series and several movies, were aboard the SpaceX III launch and were lost when the launch vehicle failed." Which totally wouldn't have happened if Scotty was the engineer.

Update: 08/05 00:09 GMT by KD : BoingBoing has a tribute to Doohan from his son.

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  1. I wold be honored none the less by AioKits · · Score: 5, Interesting

    While this may be the geek in me, I would be honored if my ashes were sent up. Even if the vessel carrying them did not make it all the way up. Least this way my ashes are scattered in the most efficient way possible if/when the rocket goes Kaboom.

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    Sides with any luck some of my ashes will have drifted down and ended up in someone's soup. Eat me!

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    1. Re:I wold be honored none the less by Hao+Wu · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Philosophical question: Why is this kind of symbolism important to many of the same people who scoff at anything superstitious? Is this somehow more valid?

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  2. Second Time by caffiend666 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is the second time James Doohan's ashes have been lost by a spacecraft. The first was mentioned on Slashdot http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/10/2249214 about a year go. His remains were lost after a sub-orbital craft landed in an inaccessible area in New Mexico. Last time his remains were eventually retrieved. Third times a charm?

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  3. Re:Talk about overkill... by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, he did get his ashes scattered.

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  4. Re:Talk about overkill... by hairyfeet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well,he went down with the ship,which is how I'm sure Scotty would have wanted it.

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