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Star Trek's Scotty's Final Send To Space

Ashes to Mars and all that...

October 17 2005

Star Trek's Scotty's Final Send To Space

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James Doohan took his day job as Star Trek�s �Scotty� quite seriously, thank you. He died this July aged 85, and in line with his wishes, is to have his ashes sent into space via December 6th�s Explorer Flight.

James Doohan who played Scotty Montgomery in TV series �Star Trek�, was the spirited crew member commanded to �beam up� Captain James Kirk when he was troubled in another atmosphere.

Unbeknownst to most the catch phrase, �Beam me up Scotty� made popular through pop culture, was never actually used in the sci-fi show.

Scotty�s taking similar steps to heaven as Star Trek�s creator Gene Roddenberry, whose ashes are said to have returned to earth in 2002 after an 11 year floating absence. Doohan�ll be out for a little longer, like 50 to 200 years, before burning up upon entry to the planet�s atmosphere.

Doohan�s family are holding an open, literally at 60 acres, service at a site near Vandenberg Air Force Base north of Los Angeles, within close proximity to, and on the same day as, Explorer Flight and Doohan�s lift off.

He shall not be alone, but joined by at least 120 others, including the lady astrogeologist who set the site for mans� first landing on the moon, Mareta West.

Doohan�s widow Wende said in her public invite; "I can't think of a more fitting send-off than having some of his fans attend this, his final journey."

You, the fan, can write old Scotty a message which will be digitalised, on the Space Services website (http://www.spaceservicesinc.com), and will keep him company when he boldly goes where other dead men have been before.