They failed to “beam Scotty up”

James Doohan, who played the part of Montgomery Scott (pictured) on Star Trek, wanted his ashes to go into space.

Doohan died in 2005 at the age of 85. In 2007 his ashes were carried aloft on a space rocket that returned by parachuting into rough and tumble terrain. That story was reported here.

An attempt last week to “beam Scotty up” once more ended in disaster when the rocket malfunctioned minutes after take-off from Kwajalein Atoll and the ashes of “Scotty” along with the remains of astronaut Gordon Cooper and more than 200 other people are now somewhere in the Pacific ocean.

Three government satellites were also aboard the ill-fated rocket.

It was the last time anyone will “beam Scotty up.”

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