Trick Question! Which actor from Star Trek has visited Space the most?
Posted: August 29th, 2023, 8:57 am
The answer is a contrived way of mentioning something I learned from Wikipedia, about James Doohan,aka "Scotty", the engineer from Star Trek.
Selectively quoting Wikipedia,
"A portion of his ashes, ΒΌ ounce (7 grams), was scheduled the following fall for a memorial flight to space ... Launch on the SpaceLoft XL rocket was delayed to April 28, 2007, when the rocket briefly entered outer space in a four-minute suborbital flight before parachuting to earth, as planned, with the ashes still inside... "
"Some of Doohan's ashes are hidden under the floor cladding of the International Space Station's Columbus module - after being smuggled aboard in 2008 by Richard Garriott..."
"On May 22, 2012, a small urn containing some of Doohan's remains in ash form was flown into space aboard the Falcon 9 rocket as part of COTS Demo Flight 2."
Selectively quoting Wikipedia,
"A portion of his ashes, ΒΌ ounce (7 grams), was scheduled the following fall for a memorial flight to space ... Launch on the SpaceLoft XL rocket was delayed to April 28, 2007, when the rocket briefly entered outer space in a four-minute suborbital flight before parachuting to earth, as planned, with the ashes still inside... "
"Some of Doohan's ashes are hidden under the floor cladding of the International Space Station's Columbus module - after being smuggled aboard in 2008 by Richard Garriott..."
"On May 22, 2012, a small urn containing some of Doohan's remains in ash form was flown into space aboard the Falcon 9 rocket as part of COTS Demo Flight 2."