Tuesday, August 5, 2008

I wonder if Scotty gets a refund on his ticket

I also wonder if his last words were, "She's going to blow, Captain."

"The rocket successfully blasted off from the Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific near midnight Eastern time Saturday. It was lost two minutes and 20 seconds into launch after the stages failed to separate.

Lost along with the rocket were three small satellites, one for the Department of Defense and two for NASA, including an experimental solar sail, NanoSail-D.
Gone too were the ashes of 208 people including James Doohan, better known as "Scotty" of Star Trek fame, who had paid to have their remains scattered in space."

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=solar-sail-and-ashes-of-star-treks-2008-08-04

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