To Boldly Go . . .

This was in the news today:

Doohan's Ashes to Be Blasted Into Space
The Associated Press
Monday, April 2, 2007; 11:12 AM

LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- The ashes of James Doohan, who played chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, have been loaded into a rocket that is set to launch in New Mexico later this month.

The remains of Doohan, Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and some 200 others were loaded into the rocket Friday by Charles Chafer, chief executive of Celestis, a Texas company that contracts with rocket firms to send cremated remains into space.

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