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Robert Greene St. Petersburg, Fla — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:20:12 GMT

I do not understand why they were not left in space which is what every one of them would have wanted for sure.

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Alice West,Columbia, MO — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:24:31 GMT

I agree with Robert. That was the most logical. Why did they think they wanted to go back to the family when their hearts were in space.

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Lee Stein, Tacoma,Wash. — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:41:36 GMT

I do not think the private company that sent up the rocket had enough power to:

1) get it into earth orbit (from which it would have eventually decayed and returned to earth)

2) get it OUT of earth orbit (in which case it would have circled within our solar system)

OR

THE ULTIMATE...get it out of our solar system and into the infinite unknowns of space.

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Pastor Paul, Turlock California — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:56:22 GMT

I fully agree with the two previous writers. I thought the cremains would remain in outer space hurtling across the universe undisturbed for all eternity. Maybe God had a better idea. We have already rocketed numerous pieces of space junk into the atmosphere. Look out when it falls. Maybe Hennie Penny had the right idea: "The sky is falling, the sky is falling."

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Miss Doe — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:10:23 GMT

he wanted to be beamed UP right?????

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Aaron Oesterle — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:25:51 GMT

The short answer is because Spaceloft XL isn't an orbital rocket. It can only do sub-orbital. There is orbital space burial, but that costs more money. So I suspect they decided they only wanted to pay for the sub-orbital ride.

Hey, what can you say - funerals can be expensive

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Ron Roberts Huntington Beach Calif — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:34:05 GMT

All that junk we leave in space is traveling at hundreds of miles per hour.

IT'S DANGEROUS TO LEAVE STUFF SPINNING AROUND OUR PLANET !!!

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Chris House, Twin Cities, MN — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:21:32 GMT

Quick answer to the prior posts: the remains described in this article were flown aboard a small rocket that was only capable of a ballistic non-orbital flight.

A rocket that can successfully place a payload into orbit has much more total thrust than this one had.

Simply, there was _never_ any plan for these remains to stay in space. They were only going for an Alan Shepard style 'up and right back down' flight.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Fri, 18 May 2007 23:16:33 GMT

If it was my relative, I'd say..."Poy Ye Khali!"...what Yuri Gagarin said on his Rocket Shot. Roughly, "Light the Candles..Comrades...let's get goin'!" I think they should relaunch the whole bunch,... or they're No Rocketeers!

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ROBERT REED CUYAHOGA FALLS OHIO — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:24:48 GMT

maybe its enough to have seen space for MR.DOOHAN and return to the place where his fans still are. WE'LL MISS YOU SCOTTY!!!!!

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Davon — Sat, 19 May 2007 01:27:03 GMT

George was in shock, "But my ashes flew into the heavens!!" he screamed. A cry in vain, for the Devil was not impressed.

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Lee Stein, Tacoma,Wash — Sat, 19 May 2007 02:33:48 GMT

For I have slipped the surly bonds of earth...

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AngryLabRat, Oregon — Sat, 19 May 2007 08:51:35 GMT

The rocket was meant to return to earth? Lame! At least they'll redeem themselves by sending the ashes up into actual orbit.

Read my blog post on this article, at:
http://angrylabrat.blogspot.com/
2007/05/they-found-scottys-ash.html

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masor hou. tx — Sat, 19 May 2007 10:51:12 GMT

they will find someway to make money off scottys ashes its the american way

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tropigirl, ft. worth, tx — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:42:13 GMT

Did you guys not read the last paragraph? This flight was "up and back" but they are going on another flight that will put them into orbit until the orbit decays and they make a "fiery rentry".

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mark - elk river minnesota — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:42:47 GMT

Sounds alot like what my brothers and I used to do in the backyard with grasshoppers and frogs. Too bad they couldn't pony up the $500 bucks for the ride.

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Suzanne Seattle WA — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:43:32 GMT

What a stupid idea! Why send them up there if they are not going to stay up there? Stupid!

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Liz, Shreveport, LA — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:57:37 GMT

I think this was a waste of money. The people who came up with this idea are laughing all the way to the bank.

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Katt Black, Crystal River Florida — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:59:17 GMT

What is wrong with America? Who cares what kind of rocket it was, or if it worked or failed, the problem as I see it is that these people had a fantasy, but it's more important what our lives are like when we live them...how we treat people when they are alive...they are gone now..nothing can change that. Scotty was wonderful on Star Trek..however, he was an ACTOR...playing on a set...As for Gordon Cooper, at least he did the real thing when he was alive..

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Damon, Iola, KS — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:59:33 GMT

From reading the article, it would appear that all involved knew that the items, including more than 50 highschool/college science experiments, knew it was to return to earth.

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jaskren San Diego California — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:09:12 GMT

As much as we all are wanting to go to the next frontier. Being able to send our poiniers into space after their passing is a thankful justure though it is something to be put into proper perspective. Space junk is a problem that must be addressed along with all aspecs of makeing the journey. Bringing them back is the right thing to do. I want to go but I want to be able to walk on the bridge while making the trip. All those wonderful things that come out of us trying to get there. Lets get going on this and make the journey a reality for all of us. The sooner the better.

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Orlando Gonzales — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:09:12 GMT

Send him back to space on a rocket that would not re-entry earth and see what happens!

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John D Jones , Prescott , AZ — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:13:59 GMT

Whom ever paid for this scam got ripped off. Even the dead are preyed upon !!!

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ROBB HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNA. — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:14:18 GMT

I MISS SCOTTY TOO, NOT TO MENTION THE NEXT GENERATION CREW, BUT, the heck with space burials- where are the flying cars we were promised when we were kids in the 60's..........

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wayne P. — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:33:51 GMT

thats great they should just stay where ever they are

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Michael W. Christy, Gilbert, South Carolina — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:38:32 GMT

For all the entertainment that Star Trek gave us, there is hope that people can get into space, if only after death.

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Joe Schmoe — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:39:42 GMT

All families obviously new the payload would return to earth ashes and all as the payload included experiments from high school and college students.

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Nora Kesick, Saco, Maine — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:41:20 GMT

Space flight is temporary - dreams are eternal. It doesn't matter that the ashes came back - they went where few humans have ever gone. God Bless the families of the departed for making their departed loved ones dreams come true, if only briefly.

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Kim — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:43:20 GMT

I guess I misunderstood what their intentions were,too. I thought they were going to stay in space.If they re-enter the earth's atmosphere what are the chances they will hit someone?

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Kurt — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:44:36 GMT

Scotty should have been on a rocket that could have sent his remains into the far reaches of the solar system. That's the dream. He was supposed to 'warp' out of here, not go up and come back down. No Vulcan ship will ever notice that...

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Christopher Walken — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:51:11 GMT

Boy, lemme tell ya, those rocket things they go up and away, kinda like your aunt gracy, she started the bar-b-que with gasoline last summer, pour it on, lit the match, Boom, nuf said, I saw her, from the kitchen window, rolling around on the lawn like a dog trying to knock off a stuck terd, she looked good, like your mother, ,o.k. good talk son

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Phil, A-Town, PA — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:59:43 GMT

"For God sakes Jim, I'm a doctor, not a rocket scientist!"

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Scott Hastings — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:09:42 GMT

Captain! The Dilithium Crystals Can't take it much longa!!

We miss you Scotty

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Gerald Hume Oklahoma City OK — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:12:21 GMT

Scotty could still be alive with his Harcourt Mudd robot body acting in front of cameras for a period of time unknown. What swamp thing materials exits beyond
atmosphere is possibly unknown, but back in the time of the Michaelson Morely experiment it was thought to be ether (Probably from the first surgeries done in the early 1900s, where surgeons used ether as an anesthetic for surgery. However, in the Star Trek shows after 1976, their could have been sodium penethal, or other, above the great blue skys.)

For other hambone perspectives, however, the materials
that exits in his miniature cellular hambone reality are probably just the materials and temperature just outside of his bones. For supposition purposes for respect for the undead in hambone realities, bones should placed in aerated urns in rooms with good humidity and temperature with occasional sprays of liquid vitamins for continued growth in those worlds. Long live Scotty!

Gerald (them bones are going walk around) Hume

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Name, city, State — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:13:02 GMT

Space is not a dumping ground for our trash or our remains. Please hundreds of years ago did worry about trash or global warming, but we have it today. What happens hundreds of years from now if we start dumping our trash into space?

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David R — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:34:31 GMT

scotty always saved them from burning into the atmosphere... what a shame it will be his final fate

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K Ashley — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:47:24 GMT

NASA should include a tiny vial of Scotty's and Gordo's ashes in their next deep space probe - that way they will truly go where no man has gone before, and the incremental weight gain be factored so it doesn't decrease the scheduled mission payload by an appreciable amount.

"Light this candle" - Alan Shepard

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Dalt Danyon Cincinnati, OH — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:55:22 GMT

Hey, anybody from NASA? Step up to the plate! The minuscule weight of the remains of James Doohan and Gordon Cooper wouldn't have much affect of the delta v of your next launch and they contributed more to your PR than any congress critter. How about a free ride to the final frontier?

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Bob, Fairfax, VA — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:58:26 GMT

Like others, I too thought the ashes were launched ... never to return.

On the other hand, these are simply ashes, the remains of the human bodies that their spirits had occupied, and which we knew. Long before the launch, their spirits had departed to their eternal dwelling -- not in the heavens above, but in either Heaven or Hell, as determined by their Maker.

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GP Shoemaker — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:04:22 GMT

James Doohan and Gordon Cooper are gone. Their remains are just the junk left from the bodies that they lived in. We must not attach too much sentiment to an "empty" house.

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Flint, Dubai, UAE — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:05:06 GMT

LOL. Lee attributes the problem to "not enough power." I like that!

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Sharon C — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:06:01 GMT

Sounds like a scam to take money from people who have lost a loved one. Wouldn't it have been better to spend the money saving the planet instead of creating more "pollution?"

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Dawn Lake Worth FL — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:07:31 GMT

A friend of mine's nephew's ashes went up with Jimmy's. The capsule that is returned is part of the ashes. And part of the package that includes deep space, moon landing, or burning up in Earth's atmosphere.

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Ted Smith, Oxnard, California — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:25:43 GMT

If there is a linkage between the soul and ashes, the trip was well worth it to Scotty I'm sure. Should there not be such a linkage, it was equally worth it to our memory of Scotty. Either way it was worth it...

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Mick Nojaeger — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:49:54 GMT

Give the ashes to Keith Richards he will take care of them.

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Aunt Bop,Tarzana,CA — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:52:06 GMT

It took over two weeks to "find" the nosecone with fluttering parachute almost on their doorstep?All transmitters fell off together in a hard area? I'll bet all the labels will be still attached to the "recovered" containers. Think you could tell Scotty from Rover? Don't sue we found it.

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Bob Sellar Bremerton, WA — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:12:39 GMT

We've had astronauts to the ride "up-and-down". We've had men in orbit. I believe that Scotty would have wanted to go where no man has gone before....

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Ann Mahler — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:14:35 GMT

I have an slightly different evaluation of the whole thing. I think it's a big scam and money making project. Unfortunately, for those who grieve for their departed loved ones, the money was spent on an "out of this world" experience, when even the departed would have probably appreciated being honored through scholarships, charity gifts, foundation memorials to help others. How sad it is the millions of dollars we spend as a nation daily, and we are such a nation of poverty in other areas. How powerful and impacting it would have been to have the money spent in the name of the deceased for helping society. I truly believe both men would have greatly appreciated that honor. Oh well, just one's opinion from Oklahoma, where we have a vocational school named for Gordon Cooper. I know he enjoyed that--young people learning because of his desire to give his name to the school.

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Mike — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:22:26 GMT

this is in response to lee stein, yes the company has enough power, the rocket may or may not have had. It's intentions were for the payload to return afterall there are experiments from colleges and high schools aboard. It would not take alot of power to have sent the capsule past earth's gravity once in space.

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Glenn Crutcher, West Columbia, Texas — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:24:18 GMT

It was my understanding the whole time I was hearing and reading about the cremains of all these people going up in space, that they were supposed to stay there. Heck, they didn't even orbit. My bad, I guess. It would have been way too cool for "Scotty" and "Coop" to have stayed in space perminantly. At least a part of them.

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Pete,andover,n.j. — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:26:09 GMT

Anything for a new sotheby's auction. Shoulda just given the job to Keith Richards.

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K. J. BALLARD ANACORTES WA. — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:41:18 GMT

NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE...GOD BLESS THEM!...

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Stacey, Sabin, MN — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:45:38 GMT

Wasn't Gene Roddenbery(the creater of Star Trek), his ashes were scattered in space from Shuttle Comumbia some years back? That was before Columbia suffered it's terrible fate about 2 years ago.

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Muriel DeBlasio, Olalla, Wash. — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:46:26 GMT

A successful launch is nothing without a good come back!

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Diane — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:49:46 GMT

Well, what's the price difference between a sub-orbital and an orbital? If it's not much, their families should feel ashamed for being cheap. If it's a LOT, I understand. But wouldn't Scotty has requested and planned something like this ahead of time? Maybe someone should look at his will; if he wanted orbital, his family should redo the shoot!

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ineedabrain, wellsboro pa — Sat, 19 May 2007 18:57:44 GMT

to quote jackie gleason "to the moon alice...." we love you scottie!

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Barb Groover, Jacksonville, North Carolina — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:07:11 GMT

I personally think it's very cool that their ashes took the ride. It would have been even cooler had they been able to stay in space forever.

My mom was killed 3 years ago, then cremated, and I have some of her ashes in a small "urn" necklace. My dad has some of her ashes in a small necklace that has her birthstone on one end. I also hear that now the cremains may even be made into gemstones and placed in rings and other jewelry. It's pretty nice being able to carry our loved one with us at all times. It's made it very special for me and my dad. All this to say again, I think it's very cool the cremains were shot into space if that's what they wanted to do.

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Lewis Harding Coeurdlene , Idaho — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:11:48 GMT

We will all miss Star Trek shows. Farewell Scotty!

Perhaps Nasa would do better at sending into space
than the other companies would.

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Ed Foster, Boise, Idaho — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:19:51 GMT

One reason that they weren't left in space was that the capsule barely passed the outer edges of the upper atmosphere. If they had been ejected out there, then they would have been subjected to a quickly decaying orbit until they fell back and burnt up in the denser parts of the atmosphere. This way they went up and can now be returned to their families.

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Jim Allen. Grants Pass Oregon — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:24:24 GMT

Being a fan of both Mr.Doohan and Mr.Cooper. I feel they should have stayed in space and enjoyed the ride for eternity.They contributed so much to enrich our lives here on gaia we owe them this respect.

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Frank J. Elsner — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:32:49 GMT

Instead of the ridiculous amount of money ($495) the two celebrity "ash-canners" should have been buried in a dignified manner - especially Astronaut Cooper with FULL military honours @ Arlington National Cemetery. The last I checked for a family member's funeral it cost $12,000 in Massachusetts and another $2500 for reinterment in Pennsylvania - and this was for a ordinary albeit outstanding young physician - If I had not paid that sum for a dignified funeral on behalf of his 3 young children and young wife, I would have considered donating the "change" to a worthy cause, such as starving, ill children in the World! My daughter's classmate in Medical School who died several years ago in a fiery test landing and was next to fly into space as an astrpnaut physician, was herself buried in her home town and all donations went to her undergraduate university,
INDIANA (in Indiana, PA) for the GOOD of mankind in the way of scholarships -- NOW THAT MAKES SENSE!!

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SkyHigh , Waynesboro, Va. — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:34:50 GMT

All of them are dead anyhow, I don`t think they realy know or care...

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Nathaniel gahlman — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:36:12 GMT

Wait your telling me for $495.00 i can have somebody's remains put on a rocket like kids in science class shoot off and shoot it up into the air then have it returned to me?What a waste of freaken money.Sounds like a get rich scheme to me the people should be given their money back thats a rip off.I would rather sprinkle somebody's ashes into the ocean or some place where they enjoyed being.

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~Angel M~ — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:38:57 GMT

I don't know why O_- but I like Davons comment. o_O

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John Doe, Seattle, Wash — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:41:10 GMT

I rather doubt it really made any difference to them. . .

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Jay Gorsuch, Enumclaw, WA . — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:44:04 GMT

Scotty was always having trouble with his engines...This "Enterprise" must have been automated because "Two trainees and a chimpanzee could fly her" but I suspect the Chimpanzee was smart enough to miss this flight.

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Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:45:17 GMT

If this was truly only a 'brush with Space', it sure wasn't hyped-up to be that. What a gyp. I could whip up a cardboard tube full of charcoal, sulphur, and saltpeter, slap some fins on it and a nose cone made from aluminum house siding, and get them up where these Phonies got them. Cheesie.

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Marty Farty, Modesto, CA — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:48:44 GMT

I agree with a previous poster. They should not try to shoot any type of GARBAGE into space. That includes human cremains. The spirit is gone!

CLEAN space should not be used as a dumping ground. How shallow people are when they assume that they can do what they want in space.

Can I throw my junk in your front yard?

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Doug Scott, Bellevue, WA — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:50:01 GMT

Happens all the time on Star Trek. Transporter malfunction !

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Lesli Werner, New York, New York — Sat, 19 May 2007 19:54:14 GMT

"Live long and prosper!"

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Charlotte B. Staggs, Parkin, AR — Sat, 19 May 2007 20:12:53 GMT

A brief moment in "space" is better than always being grounded--the experience would be thrilling--though I would personally be able to remember the "moment"! Thanks for the memories James, Gordon, and all the others.

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D. Christianson` — Sat, 19 May 2007 20:15:48 GMT

Go Scotty, Go, Your the man!, as well as others ;-) So much joy, hope and love you gave to millions!!

This is where I intend to go when the time requires.

NOTE: Sadly, upon a recent visit to Detroit MI, the press, (entertainment section) wrote an article about the 5 landmarks Earth in the 'Last Days'. One of the author's '5' was about Doohan and Cooper's remains being shot into space, and it's thought of as normal??. Guess not in Detroit MI. Not an exact quote but the article is in the archives. What a closed minded 'liberal' (say what??!), this paper is Democratic/Liberal based.

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Russell Buer Exmouth Devon England — Sat, 19 May 2007 20:25:49 GMT

As a english fan of the late Mr Doohan I could not but grin when I read of the search and Mrs Doohan saying that they had come back seanic way.

RIP Mr Doohan and Col.Cooper

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Tim,Camp Lejeune,NC — Sat, 19 May 2007 20:41:29 GMT

Maybe all remains should be sent into space(keep whats left of the land intact). Maybe EARTH is the final frontier.

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Ed Voss, Dallas North Carolina — Sat, 19 May 2007 21:56:10 GMT

Perhaps rather then leave the remains floating in space as a future hazard, some company should offer Lunar burials. Expensive, but hey, what worthwhile things aren't anymore?

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Steven Oberle, Morristown, Arizona — Sun, 20 May 2007 07:10:15 GMT

Unbelievable...as a child I watched the Apollo Missions and the Star Trek series. Why would one go to the extra expense of retrieval when it's clear they wanted to be in space anyway! I'm sure James Doohan would have preferred to have all of his remains left in space. It was a life long dream for me to go into space...preferably alive, but I'll take dead if that's the only option!

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Graham Bagshaw, East Tilbury, Essex England — Sun, 20 May 2007 13:46:32 GMT

The company providing these space funeral services is Celestis and they are offering orbital flights at reasonable prices - my Mum is considering getting some of my fathers ashes launched which would stay in orbit anything from 10 to 240 yrs they say! See www.memorialspaceflights.com/services

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Rob, Philly — Sun, 20 May 2007 14:46:23 GMT

Actually, space junk can be traveling up to tens of thousands of miles per hour! Dangerous indeed!

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Heather, Florida — Sun, 20 May 2007 14:58:32 GMT

From what I got out of this article, it seems that having the remains returned to the families after "space flight" was what they originally intended to do.

It seems a bit odd now because I don't remember reading anything about that in previous articles. Maybe because it just didn't sound spectacular enough to the media at first until there was a search on.

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Harold Weisbrod, Las Cruces, NM. — Sun, 20 May 2007 19:23:41 GMT

To go orbital a rocket must be launched at greater than five miles per second on a carefully controlled trajectory to go into orbit--over seven miles per second to orbit the sun.

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John Doe, Seattle, Wash — Mon, 21 May 2007 04:03:01 GMT

OK, You folks do realize that you are debating about a couple of dead guys who were burned-up and stuck in test tubes...right? I mean there are bigger things in life to talk about. I'm sure the family knew perfectly well what was going to happen here and that is pretty much the end of the story right? OK, now let's get a pizza and watch some syndicated reruns... :-)

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Robert Perehill Canaveral, Florida. — Mon, 21 May 2007 08:22:06 GMT

Well laddy we're all in deep space;in orbit around the sun..Now Ladd, the Sun orbit's about the Universe, dragging all the planets...Think-Tank! We are space critters..look deep within..! You'll discover the riches of the universe in the innermost sensibilities of your own feelings! We're the final frontier! This "Company" is taking your money-n-you for a ride into deep s--h--t. Hurraah for American engienuity at taking advantage of the sorrow in our lifes..! GOD BLESS AMERICA! "LIVE LONG AND PROSPER" And "May the force be with you"..Always!... (R.P.)

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Kurt Krattinger — Mon, 21 May 2007 11:57:46 GMT

The launch was no easy feat. It had to have cost a fortune in research and development. No way did the price of the ash viles come close to making a profit for the company. what they did was to add interest to a venture that gave young people a way to touch space technology and put their hearts and minds to work reaching for their dreams that, who knows.... may one day produce the young genius that discovers "warp drive!"

I was fortunate to have met Mr Doohan some years ago. I have no doubt that he would have been proud to know that his ride to sub- orbital space had helped to launch the experments of all those young people...

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Blake Bailey, OKC, Oklahoma — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:33:45 GMT

I would personally like my body to be put in a tube with inert gas a shot into deep space. Maybe some advanced alien race could find me and revive me, hopefully with good intentions. :)

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Lee Ann — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:45:23 GMT

I know that this was what they wanted, but it just seems a little ridiculous to spend that kind of money only to have them back. Are they going to spend more money to send them out again?

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Flyboy who got the chocks, Nixa, Missouri — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:01:50 GMT

“I cannot describe the delight, the wonder and intoxication, of this free diagonal movement onward and upward, or onward and downward....The birds have this sensation when they spread their wings and go tobogganing in curves and spirals through the sky.”
— Alberto Santos-Dumont, first dirigible flight.

A fitting final voyage for those that dreamed, ventured, and caused us to jealously long for a touch of the heavens, they glimpsed and danced just a little beyond the sky. Rest with a grin, Sirs.

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jeff, columbia sc — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:15:26 GMT

if the families knew what they were gettting (one would assume so) and they were willing to do this, how can it be a ripoff? they did this of their own free will.

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David, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:16:43 GMT

The space shuttle. At $450 a pop perhaps there is some hope of justifying that weird project.

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Dean, OKC — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:26:06 GMT

Personally, I'd like to be shot on a ballistic vehicle of some sort that would fly my remains to Venus, then impact on the surface in such a way that it buried itself a few meters deep. I chose Venus because there is virtually no chance that man will ever go there (unlike Mars or the moon). Plus, when I wake up on Resurrection Day, I'll know what it's like to stand on Venus!

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Connie, Dallas, TX — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:36:32 GMT

Yes, it seems that this might be just a money making scheme, unless there was a clear understanding of the perameters to begin with (always read the fine print). If these were pre-burial plans, then the deceased were probably well aware of the return to Earth part, although I rather believe that "Scotty" would have liked to remain in space, and like someone said earlier, if this was the families' way of honoring their loved ones' final wishes, who are we to criticize?!? (But I do understand the comments about the money being spent elsewhere in their memories'.) If the cremains burn up at re-entry, then that doesn't need to be a concern, either. I'd actually be interested in knowing about the science experiments and their results!

I agree w/John Doe from Seattle, now it's time for some pizza and reruns w/my Dad(another who dreams of going "where no man has gone before")!!!!

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:44:24 GMT

Maybe the whole body should have been cremated re-entering the atmosphere at Mach 15, that way the ashes would have been spread properly. I would hope in the future that when people die aboard spacecraft the "burial at sea" will do just that.

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Bev Scott, Paola Ks — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:02:10 GMT

they were charged a lot for such a short ride

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Conway Twitty — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:41:06 GMT

I think Scotty is cool with it all. I mean you guys are totally taking this too far. It was only a TV show - They never were in space. At least he enjoyed the ride. Beam me up, Scotty!!!

Scotty's ashes recovered

ATR, SD, CA — Mon, 21 May 2007 22:31:41 GMT

"for the world is hollow, and I have touched the sky"

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Mel Nathanson — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:00:19 GMT

I agree with Nora Kesick; there are precious few who have been able to get to space - Even Stephen Hawking ended up going on the Vomit Comet. Then there are those who didn't get to go, but did impress so many as to become cultural icons. Both James Doohan and Gordon Cooper were those special ones: So to Scotty and Gordo we wish you Godspeed - you will be missed - and remembered!

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Roger Clandon, Biloxi, MS — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:20:20 GMT

Hey I heard there was another payload on board - something from Microgravity Enterprises - does anybody know anything about that?

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Can You Spell "WASTE AND EXCESS"? — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:36:05 GMT

It took them how long to find this brightly-colored, highly-reflective, fluttering-parachute-attached cylinder? I'd sure never go hunting with any of them........maybe if they had just sat down with a good spotting scope, instead of using tens of thousands of dollars on helicopters and who-knows-what-else in their "write it off" mentality, they would have found this much sooner and much easier....

I just wonder how many of my tax dollars went to support this PR stunt, and how I can get them back into my pocket.

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Aaron Oesterle, Ann Arbor, MI — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:30:38 GMT

Can You spell "Waste and excess" - To answer your question - no tax dollars went towards this stunt - UP aerospace financed the development and contstruction of the Spaceloft rocket, and the people whose ashes were in the rocket paid for it.

The only way the state MIGHT have paid a little bit was for launching the student experiments for it (But I think I read somewhere that they gave that for free). So not to worry, your tax dollars are safe.

Also, I have to wonder if you actually read the article, since Alan explains why it took so long to find it

Actually, I have to wonder exactly how many people actually read the article, since there were so many comments that don't seem to understand the situation.

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biff — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:43:48 GMT

Does that mean he,s now an ashtronaut!

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Anonymous — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:11:29 GMT

Iedereen heeft, geteld vanaf 1 januari 2001, recht op 30 jaar renteaftrek

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Anne Hougaard, Lake Mary, Florida — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:30:29 GMT

I feel sad that at the age of 14, a poor kid with a no dreams then Star Trek came out it gave me and many others a dream for a better world. But now at 57 I have no dreams left. It was a shame and a crime they took Star Trek series off television. People who love the show, lost their dreams. At least as long as we are going so slow in getting into space we had Star Trek. Developing ships like Enterprise, Voyager, gave many of us hope for this crazy unhappy world of bad things. Why did they stop producing something that gave hope? Hope for a better future where MONEY and Property just doesn't matter anymore.Where medical problems are seriously worked out. One lousy hour a week it was great. Hope is all we had. Now that is gone like everything else that was good. Unless it blood and guts and violence they kick it off.

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craig Coy, Hampshire, England — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:52:41 GMT

Sorry if I haven't read all the posts....awful lot of interest in this, I must say, for something that the families agreed upon.

As for them being left in orbit around the Earth, clearly this would not do as NASA and other space science organizations around the world have to track and warn operational spacecraft about tons of debris and junk floating about in the Earth orbit...this is due to the holed Soviet space mission(can't remember which one) that was punctured by a 1/2 inch piece of debris...which sucked out the 3 cosmonauts thru the hole...and who wants that again?

also, to go supra-orbital, even today and escape the earth's influence, is so costly, only governments can afford to do it (with our tax dollars!)...no private firm has those kinds of resources, even for two great heroes! But they DID see what 99% of us never will...the bigger picture! God bless and keep them and their families.

Scotty's ashes recovered

single image toys,exmouth ,devon — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:50:19 GMT

Doohan was my favorite Trekker..bye Montgomery!

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Nate Gahlman — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:25:37 GMT

freaken ripoff give their loverd ones their money back

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Karen, Van Nuys, calif — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:18:00 GMT

I just found out that Scotty's ashes are on the Space Station. Richard Garriott took them up there last year. Apparently, he has not said anything yet. Not sure why. Someone should interview him.