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Delaying Scotty's Final Voyage
Scotty always did seem to push deadlines...
A rocket carrying the remains of James Doohan, Star Trek's forever-tinkering chief engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, won't make its originally scheduled Dec. 6 blastoff date, it has been announced.
According to Space Services, the Houston-based aerospace company behind the mission, its new SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket needs to be tested in the Marshall Islands before launching it--and its esteemed cargo--for real at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. As time frames would have it, the Falcon 1 won't to be tested for a few more weeks, moving the whole program into Vandenberg's winter blackout period for rocket launches.
Translation for those who don't share Scotty's love of technical talk: Doohan's not going anywhere until at least early February.
The Trek icon died Jul. 20 at the age of 85. His wishes to be shot up into space were made public that same day.
"Jimmy absolutely adored playing the role of Scotty on Star Trek. He promoted space exploration and travel wherever he went," Doohan's widow, Wende C. Doohan, writes on the Space Services Website. "When asked if he would ever ride the Space Shuttle, with a twinkle in his eye, he replied, 'In a heartbeat!'"
Currently, the remains of Doohan and 169 others are scheduled to be boarded onto the commercial mission dubbed Explorers Flight. The public is welcome to attend the Vandenberg launch--no exact date yet; Doohan's public is expected to turn out en masse.
"The outpouring of love--it has been awesome," says Space Services spokeswoman Susan Schonfeld. "Not only was [Scotty] perhaps the most beloved character on the show, they loved [Doohan] as a human being."
Doohan fans can enter tributes to the actor at the Space Services Website (www.spaceservicesinc.com). The tributes will be preserved in digital form, and added to the Falcon 1's outgoing, orbit-bound payload.
In 1997, the founders of Space Services provided the final voyage to Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991, and 1960s guru Timothy Leary, who died in 1996.
According to Schonfeld, the all-new Falcon 1 would pass the picky Scotty's sniff test.
"The rocket is very healthy," Schonfeld says. "Scotty would be smiling."
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