@Stem_Sell: btw i wouldnt drink the rainwater in that area for a few days...

urbanturban666

whatever... most ppl are lucky if there cremains get strewn from a hilltop or into the ganges.

urbanturban666

[Suddenly being heard sung throughout Micronesia] "It's raining men...."

Stem_Sell

Why don't they just send Ol' Scotty up to the ISS along with a slingshot so one of our boys can send him off into the last frontier Dennis the Menace-style next time they are out on the hull patching something?

They are making this way more complicated then it needs to be.

Cashak

This just tells me the 'Last Frontier" is actually our oceans.

unspellable

wow that kinda sux

BigViper

Geesh! Do they at least give refunds?

PigVenus

They were probably using those "Klingon crystals" again. Farewell Mr. Scott.

Poon

I fly a starship
across the universe divide
and when I reach the other side

I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highway man again
or I could simply be a single drop of rain

but I will remain
and I'll be back again
and again
and again
and again
and again
and again

strider_mt2k

They should have used H.A.L.E. (High Altitude Lego Extravaganza): very successful

BiZarRroBALlmeR

Ya know, I've always told my friends that if dying in my sleep isn't an option, I want to go out in a big, fiery explosion. So I can't totally feel bad for "Scotty"- that's a pretty cool way to go (since it was just his ashes.)

Hopefully if this does actually happen to me, my everlasting memorial will be a wonderfully terrible Giz photoshop job of my fiery explosion, complete with Steve Jobs yelling "Boom!"
That will make me laugh for all eternity.

FredicvsMaximvs

The transporters really are more reliable.

DeadWriter

@PigVenus: Yep, the families get their money back and a set of replacement ashes from a local funeral home.

mhlaxp

The whales from Star Trek IV willed it...and it happened.

matthewrex

@Curves:
I, for one, hope my ashes don't retain the smallest shred of consciousness. I can think of few fates more horrifying than eternal disembodied drifting, in space or the ocean.

Ryan H

I would rest more peacefully thinking that I was scattered over the warm, blue Pacific waves instead of floating in the cold vacuum of space.

Curves

"Astronaut Gordon Cooper was also aboard the doomed launch, which Celestis had dubbed the "Explorer's Flight." I'm no rocket scientist (hell, I'm barely a blogger), but I think they might want to rename the flight something else, considering what happened to the Falcon 1 late last night."

How about the Fish Food Flight?

*ducks*

Vexorg

damn near choked me up a little too...

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

@strider_mt2k: +1 for you. Fantastic reference

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

He's a rocketman.
Rocketman!
Blowin' up his fumes out there alone! (sort of)

Griffehpoo

I shall bust out my best Romulan ale and try to forget the indignity of it all.

whootowl

don't they only send a gram of ashes? I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

s017jrs

@Stem_Sell:

CLASSIC!!!

MyPetFly

@Con Seannery: I love my ashes,
I love when rockets fly,
We missed low orbit,
we'll have another try!
I'm spread across the whole world, The Falcon went goodbye!

Boom de yada, boom de yada, BOOM DE YADA, boom de yada...

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

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It's worse than that, it's physics Jim!

Ack, if I give her anymore, she'll blow Captin'!

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

I love the Falcon, I love the great blue sky, I love explosions, I love when Scotty flies, boom de yada, boom de yada, BOOM DE YADA, boom de yada...

Con Seannery

@Vexorg: How about the Fish Food Flight?

Nope. Challenger took that title.

*ducks as well

CountSmackula

Everyone is just laughing, but what this really is, is a punch in the face of space tourism, and that makes me sad.

Icharius

I actually wanted to do this... likely the only way even a little tiny bit of me will ever get into space. Oh well.

urbalor

Scattered over the Pacific Ocean is a great place to be! Sign me up!

altus

I've wanted nothing more than to get into space myself. The Zero Gravity flight I took in January will probably be the closest I'll ever get.

*sigh*

CountSmackula

I guess he really couldn't change the laws of physics after all...

Tethandros

My mom has that guys autograph, she got it when they were were making the movie! By chance she worked next door to where they were shooting.

Pablos102030

@urbanturban666:
My uncle was a pilot, and he recently said that what he wants done is to have his ashes inserted into a weather balloon so that when it's released it'll rise up into the atmosphere and eventually pop, scattering his ashes all over the place.

@Curves:
They don't send _all_ of the ashes into space. Just like a little tiny vial of them, so not only can they reattempt this with Doohan's remains, but once you know that the token "scattering" was a success, you can do whatever with the much larger portion. So you could actually have both done (though I'm betting the whole Pacific option would be a heck of a lot less expensive).

Purple Dave

@Purple Dave: Wouldn't they stick to the inside of the balloon from the condensation? It sounds cool, but I'd be worried that I caused the death of a sea turtle from swallowing balloon shreds.

Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy

Last transmission from doomed rocket - "Scotty...I need more power!"

DoctorEcks

maybe sending ashes into space isnt a good idea. seems that ashes flew on an orbital sciences taurus rocket several years ago that went in the water, and the previous falcon as well. the celestis guy is just a snake oil salesman and a cokehead anyway.

supernovax

organ donor for me, then an unfinished pine box, with as little preservatives/formaldehyde as possible. I want my body to rot and replenish the ecosystem. I don't want to add any harsh chemicals to the ground either. Who knows, maybe there will be flowers (or mushrooms) above my grave.

...point is, if you want to immortalize yourself somehow, do so in the memories of loved ones. Lets not be obsessed with this crude body which has zero use to any of us after we are dead. Scattered in the Ocean? Launched into space? While they do sound cool, why? They can grind my corpse up and mix it into topsoil for all I care. Who knows, roses will probably love it.

newgalactic

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robinandtami

So, I read that email at the end of the article... and was instantly repulsed by the corporate buzzword speak: "SpaceX will not skip a beat in execution going forward"

s0crates82

@newgalactic: In that case you will want to check into the regulations where you want to be buried, and many/most areas legally require embalming.

robinandtami

Scotty landed on Normandy on D-Day and kicked some ass!!! I now have even more respect for the guy. Holy Shit! He lived a facinating life.

Wikipedia says "His first combat assignment was the invasion of Normandy at Juno Beach on D-Day. Shooting two snipers along the way, Doohan led his unit to higher ground through a field of anti-tank mines and took defensive positions for the night. Crossing between command posts at 11:30 that night, Doohan took six rounds from a Bren gun fired by a nervous sentry:[3] four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his right middle finger. The bullet to his chest was halted by the silver cigarette case he carried, and his wounded right middle finger was amputated, which he would conceal during his career as an actor.

Notch_Johnson

@Icharius: Punch in the face to space tourism? Who was "touring" on that flight?

SpaceX just demonstrated a successful firing of their first stage. The problem came in staging. They'll get that worked out and have something in orbit before the Space Ship One people put a tourist in space.

jswilson64

Failure.

I would be really upset if they screwed up the final arrangements for my loved one.

Not being able to deliver what they claim = lawsuit.

CmdrHunt

@Git Em SteveDave is a poor substitute for LindsayJoy: Very well done, I realized I missed the whole world segment right when I hit submit, but "I'm spread across the whole world" has one too many syllables, ruins the flow, otherwise, very well done, my applause sir.

Con Seannery