Jennifer sez, "James Doohan's [Ed: he played "Scotty" on Star Trek] ashes will make their rocket trip this month, on the 28th. Apparently, the rocket's sole mission will be to launch the ashes of a couple hundred different people."
Along with James Doohan's cremated remains will also travel the ashes of one of NASA's first space travelers, Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper, aboard a privately-built rocket set to launch from New Mexico this month.
The launch of a SpaceLoft XL rocket built by the private firm UP Aerospace is scheduled for April 28. SL-2, as it has been dubbed, will lift off from Spaceport America, a state-funded launch site near Upham, New Mexico and about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of the city of Las Cruces.
(Thanks, Jennifer!)
