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Scotty's Rocket Trouble
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:56 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
It would be so much easier with a transporter
The third attempt to send Star Trek actor James Doohan's ashes into space has failed.
Doohan's remains were on board Spacex's Falcon 1 rocket, which exploded five minutes after take-off on Saturday.
Ashes of 207 other people, including US astronaut Gordon Cooper were also on board.
The Canadian's son Ehrich Blackhound commented: "My dad believed in human ingenuity, and he believed in mankind's destiny beyond the exosphere.
"That it would take several attempts in these early stages to successfully achieve orbit would not have fazed him."
A spokesperson for Celestis, the firm that organises the space burials, claimed they had back up supplies for all passengers that weren't recovere
The actor's ashes were lost in 2007 on a rocket flight, but they were found three weeks later on a hillside in New Mexico.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a11 ... space.html
Re: Scotty's Rocket Trouble
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:32 am
by James_Tiberius_Kirk
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:It would be so much easier with a transporter
The third attempt to send Star Trek actor James Doohan's ashes into space has failed.
Doohan's remains were on board Spacex's Falcon 1 rocket, which exploded five minutes after take-off on Saturday.
Ashes of 207 other people, including US astronaut Gordon Cooper were also on board.
The Canadian's son Ehrich Blackhound commented: "My dad believed in human ingenuity, and he believed in mankind's destiny beyond the exosphere.
"That it would take several attempts in these early stages to successfully achieve orbit would not have fazed him."
A spokesperson for Celestis, the firm that organises the space burials, claimed they had back up supplies for all passengers that weren't recovere
The actor's ashes were lost in 2007 on a rocket flight, but they were found three weeks later on a hillside in New Mexico.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a11 ... space.html
Mister Scott!
It is time to stop all this nonsense and repair the flux capacitors once and for all. I want all these glitches out of the way by the time I have to negotiate prices at the Jupiter Hilton Garden Inn.
Re: Scotty's Rocket Trouble
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:06 am
by MarleysGh0st
A spokesperson for Celestis, the firm that organises the space burials, claimed they had back up supplies for all passengers that weren't recovered
Meaning, "if we've lost your ashes, we've got more"?
Re: Scotty's Rocket Trouble
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:06 pm
by ulysses5019
James_Tiberius_Kirk wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:It would be so much easier with a transporter
The third attempt to send Star Trek actor James Doohan's ashes into space has failed.
Doohan's remains were on board Spacex's Falcon 1 rocket, which exploded five minutes after take-off on Saturday.
Ashes of 207 other people, including US astronaut Gordon Cooper were also on board.
The Canadian's son Ehrich Blackhound commented: "My dad believed in human ingenuity, and he believed in mankind's destiny beyond the exosphere.
"That it would take several attempts in these early stages to successfully achieve orbit would not have fazed him."
A spokesperson for Celestis, the firm that organises the space burials, claimed they had back up supplies for all passengers that weren't recovere
The actor's ashes were lost in 2007 on a rocket flight, but they were found three weeks later on a hillside in New Mexico.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a11 ... space.html
Mister Scott!
It is time to stop all this nonsense and repair the flux capacitors once and for all. I want all these glitches out of the way by the time I have to negotiate prices at the Jupiter Hilton Garden Inn.
Well if he has a flux capacitor all he needs are some beer cans and banana peels. He might have a greater need for dilithium crystals and a working warp drive.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:28 pm
by Jeemie
It's just awful when your rocket goes off prematurely.
But I didn't realize dead guys suffered from that problem.
Re: Scotty's Rocket Trouble
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:39 pm
by mrkelley23
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:It would be so much easier with a transporter
The third attempt to send Star Trek actor James Doohan's ashes into space has failed.
Doohan's remains were on board Spacex's Falcon 1 rocket, which exploded five minutes after take-off on Saturday.
Ashes of 207 other people, including US astronaut Gordon Cooper were also on board.
The Canadian's son Ehrich Blackhound commented: "My dad believed in human ingenuity, and he believed in mankind's destiny beyond the exosphere.
"That it would take several attempts in these early stages to successfully achieve orbit would not have fazed him."
A spokesperson for Celestis, the firm that organises the space burials, claimed they had back up supplies for all passengers that weren't recovere
The actor's ashes were lost in 2007 on a rocket flight, but they were found three weeks later on a hillside in New Mexico.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a11 ... space.html
Heh.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:44 pm
by NellyLunatic1980
I'm surprised that Four Hour Stiffy hasn't responded to this thread yet.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:41 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I'm surprised that Four Hour Stiffy hasn't responded to this thread yet.

Here's an inspiration for Mr. Stiffy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Officials say an indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111.
Henry the tuatara and his younger mate Mildred produced a dozen eggs last month after mating at the Southland Museum on New Zealand's South Island in March.
Tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley said Wednesday Henry has lived at the museum's special enclosure for Tuatara since 1970 and had shown no interest in sex until he recently had a cancerous growth removed from his genitals. He was now enjoying the company of three females and might breed again next March.
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/ ... ather.html[/quote]
The tuatara has been classified as an endangered species since 1895
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:43 pm
by Bob Juch
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I'm surprised that Four Hour Stiffy hasn't responded to this thread yet.

Here's an inspiration for Mr. Stiffy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Officials say an indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111.
Henry the tuatara and his younger mate Mildred produced a dozen eggs last month after mating at the Southland Museum on New Zealand's South Island in March.
Tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley said Wednesday
Henry has lived at the museum's special enclosure for Tuatara since 1970 and had shown no interest in sex until he recently had a cancerous growth removed from his genitals. He was now enjoying the company of three females and might breed again next March.
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/ ... ather.html
The tuatara has been classified as an endangered species since 1895
It's a reptile. Dinosaurs were not reptiles.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:49 pm
by mrkelley23
Bob Juch wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I'm surprised that Four Hour Stiffy hasn't responded to this thread yet.

Here's an inspiration for Mr. Stiffy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Officials say an indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111.
Henry the tuatara and his younger mate Mildred produced a dozen eggs last month after mating at the Southland Museum on New Zealand's South Island in March.
Tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley said Wednesday
Henry has lived at the museum's special enclosure for Tuatara since 1970 and had shown no interest in sex until he recently had a cancerous growth removed from his genitals. He was now enjoying the company of three females and might breed again next March.
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/ ... ather.html
The tuatara has been classified as an endangered species since 1895
It's a reptile. Dinosaurs were not reptiles.
Been reading those creationist websites again, eh, Bob?
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:51 pm
by Four Hour Stiffy
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I'm surprised that Four Hour Stiffy hasn't responded to this thread yet.

LB makes all of us MM's keep the same bedtime he does. He's weird that way....
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:52 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
mrkelley23 wrote:Bob Juch wrote:themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Here's an inspiration for Mr. Stiffy
The tuatara has been classified as an endangered species since 1895
It's a reptile. Dinosaurs were not reptiles.
Been reading those creationist websites again, eh, Bob?
the wiki site on
Tuatara is interesting.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:22 am
by NellyLunatic1980
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I'm surprised that Four Hour Stiffy hasn't responded to this thread yet.

Here's an inspiration for Mr. Stiffy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Officials say an indigenous New Zealand reptile regarded as one of the last living remnants of the dinosaurs will become a father for the first time in decades at the age of 111.
Henry the tuatara and his younger mate Mildred produced a dozen eggs last month after mating at the Southland Museum on New Zealand's South Island in March.
Tuatara curator Lindsay Hazley said Wednesday Henry has lived at the museum's special enclosure for Tuatara since 1970 and had shown no interest in sex until he recently had a cancerous growth removed from his genitals. He was now enjoying the company of three females and might breed again next March.
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/ ... ather.html
The tuatara has been classified as an endangered species since 1895
A first-time father at age 111. That beats the record set by Tony Randall.