A delightful story of hope, family and a little international espionage.
As shown in a fascinating report by time in the United Kingdom, some of James Doohan’s ashes, Star Trekand original Scotty, now live aboard the International Space Station. I’ve been there since 2008 and so far it’s been a secret.
The actor in this enchanting plot was Richard Garriot, an entrepreneur who became, in 2008, one of the first private citizens to enter space. After the Doohan family asked him to help fulfill the wishes of the late James – to find their way to space after his death – Garriot and Doohan’s son, Chris, devised a plan, which involved secretly slipping a rolled book containing the ashes of of Doohan in the International Space Station. .
It was completely clandestine … His family was very happy that the ashes were made there, but we were all disappointed that we didn’t get to talk about it publicly for so long. It’s been a while since we’ve been able to, ”Garriott said said.
The plan was invented after Garriott he had already registered his belongings for the trip, so to make sure it was done, he kept it a secret from the people in charge of the mission. What do I think is a murder? Sounds like some kind of murder. But it is perhaps the most delightful crime I can think of.
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This would end up being the first time Doohan’s ashes reached space, but it was not the last. Some were also transported into space aboard a SpaceX rocket in 2012, after a failed flight in 2008.
“Richard said, ‘We have to keep quiet for a while,’ and here we are 12 years later. What he did was touch it – it meant so much to me, so much to my family and it would have meant so much to my father, ”said Chris Doohan.
James Doohan, who played Scotty in the original Star Trek, died in 2005 and has been in space since 2008. It appears that its ash has traveled nearly 1.7 billion miles through space, orbiting the planet more than 70,000 times. Really try me.
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