Doohan of 'Star Trek' Off to Space
Star Trek actor James Doohan's
last wishes are set to be granted on December 6, when his cremated
remains are launched into space. Commercial space flight operator Space
Services Incorporated will launch the late actor's remains into space
aboard its Explorers Flight, according to a company spokeswoman. She
adds that the remains of more than 120 others will be aboard the
flight, including those of an unidentified astronaut
and Mareta West,
the astrogeologist who determined the site for the first spacecraft
landing on the moon. Doohan, who portrayed chief engineer Montgomery
'Scotty' Scott on the
Star Trek TV series, died in July at the
age of 85. To mark the flight into his final frontier, Doohan's family
will hold a service for fans on a site near California's Vandenberg Air
Force Base on the day of the launch. The actor's widow, Wende Doohan,
says, "I can't think of a more fitting send-off than having some of his
fans attend this, his final journey." Doohan's cremated remains will be
packed into a special tube which will be ejected from the rocket and
expected to orbit Earth for about 50 to 200 years before plunging into
the planet's atmosphere and burning up.
Nice Company. They will all get to know what the stars have in mind for them...
Will he return as Father Christmas???