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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. Re:ATTENTION SHOPPERS! by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's never any point in being second best (or worst).

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  2. Re:don't feed the trolls by neokushan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't really mean to feed the troll, I'm genuinely curious as to the reasons and mentality behind posting such random rubbish.

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  3. Re:don't feed the trolls by sm62704 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There are six billion people on this planet, and more than a few of them are batshit crazy.

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