Scotty goes to space
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https://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-the-ashes-of-star-treks-original-scotty-got-s-1845953474
As revealed in a fascinating report by The Times in the United Kingdom, some of the ashes of James Doohan, Star Trek’s original Scotty, now live on board of the International Space Station. They’ve been there since 2008, and until now it’s been a secret.
The enactor of this heartwarming plot was Richard Garriot, an entrepreneur who became, in 2008, one of the first private citizens to go into space. After being asked by the Doohan family to help fulfill the late James’s wishes—to find his way to space after death—Garriot and Doohan’s son Chris concocted a plan, which involved secretly sneaking a laminated card containing some of Doohan’s ashes onto the International Space Station.
It was completely clandestine… His family were very pleased that the ashes made it up there but we were all disappointed we didn’t get to talk about it publicly for so long. Now enough time has passed that we can,” Garriott said.
