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  • Oh...BummerScotty

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 20 08:54:34 2024
    The ashes of Arthur C. Clarke and Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry
    just burned up on re-entry to Earth's atmosphere after a failed
    moonshot

    The ashes were among those of around 70 individuals on-board.

    Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry and science fiction legend Arthur C.
    Clarke's ashes were on board a private US lunar lander that, after a
    failed moonshot, re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Friday and burned-up
    on the way down. The intention had been to leave the ashes, among
    those from around 70 individuals including actors James Doohan (aka
    Scotty) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), on the moon's surface following
    a successful landing. Rodenberry's ashes have previously been a part
    of other space missions.

    Astrobotic Technology's lunar lander Peregrine launched successfully
    from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Monday, but developed a fuel leak
    that made attempting the landing an impossibility. The firm reckons a
    stuck valve caused the issue. Astrobotics then had the unenviable task
    of working out what to do next and ensuring Peregrine didn't become a
    space hazard.

    https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ashes-of-arthur-c-clarke-and-star-trek-creator-gene-rodenberry-just-burned-up-on-re-entry-to-earths-atmosphere-after-a-failed-moonshot/

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Jan 21 01:33:56 2024
    On 2024-01-20, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    The ashes of Arthur C. Clarke and Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry
    just burned up on re-entry to Earth's atmosphere after a failed
    moonshot

    The ashes were among those of around 70 individuals on-board.

    Star Trek creator Gene Rodenberry and science fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke's ashes were on board a private US lunar lander that, after a
    failed moonshot, re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Friday and burned-up
    on the way down. The intention had been to leave the ashes, among
    those from around 70 individuals including actors James Doohan (aka
    Scotty) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), on the moon's surface following
    a successful landing. Rodenberry's ashes have previously been a part
    of other space missions.

    Well, maybe burning up in space is the ending they'd have wanted, who
    knows? Possibly better than getting dumped on a satellite planet. But
    that's me.

    I recall the Cherokee Nation was not happy that human remains were to be deposited on the moon.

    As for Doohan, Nichols, and Rodenberry, maybe they should've been buried
    in Hollywood with the other ACTORS.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat Jan 20 20:28:02 2024
    On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 01:33:56 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    As for Doohan, Nichols, and Rodenberry, maybe they should've been buried
    in Hollywood with the other ACTORS.

    Waste of resources....I believe in Germany after so many years, they
    dig up and discard the body....so grave site is recycled.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat Jan 20 21:56:55 2024
    On Sun, 21 Jan 2024 01:33:56 GMT, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    I recall the Cherokee Nation was not happy that human remains were to be >deposited on the moon.

    "The Navajo also objected in 1998 when NASA sent the ashes of
    planetary geologist Eugene M. Shoemaker to the moon."

    "The moon holds a sacred place in Navajo cosmology,"

    DNA sample from the scientist and writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke

    https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1223377817/navajo-moon-human-remains

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