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Subj : Re: Remains of Star Trek's 'Scotty' headed for space
To   : rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From : KoshN
Date : Sun Oct 16 2005 14:40:06

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos

ANIM8Rfsk wrote:
> in article 1129407232.414243.189780@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, KoshN at
> macthevorlon@yahoo.com wrote on 10/15/05 1:13 PM:
>
> > Why not take up 100% of the cremated remains (can't weigh *that* much),
> > and from orbit, using a small solid fuel rocket (~1" dia.), eject it
> > further out so that it *never* comes back to Earth?  Seems like that
> > would be a more fitting tribute to these people.
> >
> > KoshN
> >
>
> The shuttle is going about 17,000 mph. Escape velocity is like 27,000 mph.
> You'd have to boost it to 10,000 mph.  Even if that was practical, doing the
> paperwork to put a booster like that in the STS orbiter cargo bay wouldn't
> be.

Who says it's have to be in the shuttle?  Put 'em on a multistage
rocket and the last stage sends them out at greater than escape
velocity.

What they're currently selling to these people seems hardly worth it to
me.

KoshN - I want to be shot into the local star, just like Kosh.  ;-)

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