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James Doohan is Missing

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A search team continues to look for a rocket carrying ashes of the actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on Star Trek, almost two weeks after it hurtled to the edge of space from New Mexico, the company behind the launch said on Thursday.
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Remains of the Canadian-born actor, who died two years ago at the age of 85, blasted off from a remote launch site on April 29 carrying a payload that included the ashes of astronaut Gordon Cooper and several experiments.
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A spokeswoman for Houston-based Space Services, which organized the "memorial spaceflight," said the telephone-pole-size rocket descended by parachute into a rugged area that a search team has repeatedly failed to reach.
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"The terrain is very mountainous; it's not somewhere that you can walk or drive to. My understanding is that it will take some time to get up into there," Susan Schonfeld told Reuters by telephone. "They know the general location, and we have the utmost confidence that they will recover it."
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I'd check the nearest taverns myself.

In fact, I think I'll go do that. I'll let you know what I discover.

Bartender!
 
There's been a thread running on this in the Trek Today forum ever since the announcement a few days ago. That doesn't mean we can't talk about it here as well, but people might want to take a look at the other thread too.
 
You can explain losing a finger as an accident.

But misplacing the whole guy? This just seems careless. :rolleyes:
 
Lost...through a crash...in the wilderness...without hope...

Do I see a continuing role in a TV series for Jimmy Doohan here?
 
For some reason, I was under the impression that the remains would orbit for a time and then burn up in the atmosphere on reentry.

Guess I was wrong. Seems like a waste of time and money, this way.

Joe, spaced
 
^ Frankly, sending the ashes of a dead person into space after their gone seems a horrible waste of time and money to begin with to me. But who am I to argue. :)
 
CoveTom said:
^ Frankly, sending the ashes of a dead person into space after their gone seems a horrible waste of time and money to begin with to me. But who am I to argue. :)
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I heard Roddenberry's will asked that a portion of his remains be shot onto the tits of a young woman wanting a minor role in a TV show.

Old time's sake.

Joe, sentimental
 
The remains were never intended to stay up there. Im surpised that anyone would pay money though for that. I guess its just for the symbolism. Really though its just a small amount of the ashs. Probably just the tip of a bone. So he really isnt missing. :D
 
Mallory said:
Hey, I checked my yard just in case he landed there. I hope the rest of you have too.
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I just did. All I found was Nichelle Nichols.

Joe, who turned on the sprinklers rather than hear that MLK story again
 
Shatmandu said:
For some reason, I was under the impression that the remains would orbit for a time and then burn up in the atmosphere on reentry.

Guess I was wrong. Seems like a waste of time and money, this way.

Joe, spaced
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I thought the same thing. All this fuss over delayed launches and bad weather all for the sake of 2 grams of his ashes spending five minutes up there? Silly really.
 
CoveTom said:
^ Frankly, sending the ashes of a dead person into space after their gone seems a horrible waste of time and money to begin with to me. But who am I to argue. :)
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Exactly my thought, I can understand the symbolism, but its not like they're going to enjoy the trip. :confused:
 
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