Scotty's Final Mission 221
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.
Update: 08/05 00:09 GMT by KD : BoingBoing has a tribute to Doohan from his son.
I guess it's true.... (Score:5, Funny)
He really couldn't bend the laws of physics after all =\
Sooo...? (Score:5, Funny)
Do they get a refund?
That was my first thought when I heard about the ashes.
Re:I guess it's true.... (Score:5, Funny)
He warned 'em (Score:5, Funny)
Talk about overkill... (Score:5, Funny)
Not enough power (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Talk about overkill... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sooo...? (Score:2, Funny)
Well, let's hope no robots from krikkit [wikipedia.org] try to steal the ashes
Re:I guess it's true.... (Score:4, Funny)
Laws of physics, laws of physics!
Re:I guess it's true.... (Score:5, Funny)
Scotty (Score:5, Funny)
"Scotty! Do! something! Now!"
"He can't."
"Why? Can't? He?"
"He's dead, Jim."
Re:The captain? (Score:3, Funny)
Quite right. Scotty needs someone to tell him he has 4 hours for an 8 hour job so he can fix it in 2.
Re:The captain? (Score:5, Funny)
That's wessel (as in nuclear), you insensitive clod!
Re:Not enough power (Score:5, Funny)
KHANN!!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Dammit! (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a engineer, Jim, not a fertilizer!
It's worse than that (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Turning in his Somewhat Charred Grave (Score:5, Funny)
A good engineer always has a backup. Including of their own ashes.
Re:What Happened This Time...? (Score:1, Funny)
Tribbles?
1969 called... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey today's space companies, NASA called from 1969 and said you suck!
Re:It's worse than that (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not enough power (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Fucking /. hypocrits (Score:4, Funny)
What is an anti-rocketry, SUV-driving NASCAR redneck doing here? Oh trolling, never mind.
Re:Talk about overkill... (Score:5, Funny)
They'd have to be able to get in to orbit first and it would seem that is what is giving them trouble.
Re:Not enough power (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Turning in his Somewhat Charred Grave (Score:5, Funny)
"The third rocket crash landed, then blew up. But the *fourth* rocket...stayed up!"
Not a bad sending off (Score:2, Funny)
What a send-off!
Re:It's worse than that (Score:2, Funny)
right maybe he jury-rigged the ashes capsule backup transporter to keep his ashes in the memory banks recursively reconstructing the signal using any available solar arrays
if anyone's ashes could do it, I think we know whose they would be
Hallelujah (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Talk about overkill... (Score:3, Funny)
Nah. It's pretty obvious that William Shatner snuck in and stole them, then sabotaged the flight to cover his tracks. The poor guy. So broke he had to resort to doing crummy tv commercials and now this :(
Only 94 more tries left... (Score:5, Funny)
The average weight of cremated remains for an adult male is six pounds according to Wikipedia, but weight is so limited in these rocket launches that they're only sending an ounce or two of the remains each time.
So there's plenty more Scotty to go around.
G.
Re:It's worse than that (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I guess it's true.... (Score:5, Funny)
Biology is just applied chemistry, which is really just applied physics.
Re:I guess it's true.... (Score:4, Funny)
Thus spoke the Mathematician.
Re:Talk about overkill... (Score:4, Funny)
And all along it was Bones who was worried about having his molecules scattered across space..
Re:The captain? (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently they forgot to put the ashes of an anonymous crew member in there as well. Everyone knows they are the first to go giving just enough time for the recurring members to get away.
Re:again...? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It's worse than that (Score:2, Funny)
, I think we just reverse the polarity.
or wait for him to regenerate, or use emergency temporal shift.......wait I think we both have the wrong show.
Re:I guess it's true.... (Score:5, Funny)
"Body odor". Thus spoke the others.
Re:Talk about overkill... (Score:2, Funny)