Trick Question! Which actor from Star Trek has visited Space the most?

[NomoneyNohoney]

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, ¼ 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."

[XFool]

...So. In the end it was Scotty who, in a manner of speaking, was finally beamed up?

[scrumpyjack]

Once it's 'dust to dust', I don't think it counts.

William Shatner (Capt Kirk) is the only one who has actually been in space (on Bezos's rocket).

[servodude]

I believe Gene Roddenberry (or different parts of his cremains) has already been up in space a couple of times (with another I've heard of planned)
- and he had a cameo in Star Trek as a chef

...as you did say it was a trick question

[swill453]

Born (or will be) near my old house.



https://www.linlithgowmuseum.org/future

Scott.