Star Trek's Scotty heading to space this month

[Lois]

Awww..

Live long and prosper. Who knew something created a dozen or so years ago could end up so big?

[Vorak]

The ashes of James Doohan, who played chief engineer
Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, have
been loaded into a rocket that is set to launch in New Mexico later
this month.

The remains of Doohan, Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper and some 200
others were loaded into the rocket Friday by Charles Chafer, chief
executive of Celestis, a Texas company that contracts with rocket
firms to send cremated remains into space.

"And we're ready to go," Chafer said after inserting the silver
canister.

Jerry Larson, president of Connecticut-based UP Aerospace Inc., said
the rocket will be launched April 28.

Families paid $495 to have a few grams of their loved one's ashes
placed on the rocket.

Chafer said he's aware of the dedication of "Star Trek" fans.

"There's no doubt that we'll find a way to accommodate fans who
travel here and want to be part of that experience," he said.

Doohan died in July 2005 at age 85.

The remains of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry were blasted into
space in 1997.

Ref:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/02/doohan.ashes.ap/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/04/02/doohan.ashes.ap/index.html