Comments on: Above and Beyond http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/ A blog of news, reviews, commentary, and quirks from Hollywood and Broadway, with a focus on quirky, geeky stuff like Star Wars, Star Trek, and superheroes. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Gagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-8122 Ken Gagne Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:51:22 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-8122 <A HREF = "http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080803-spaceflights-not-easy-space-x-loses-scotty-and-a-rocket.html" TITLE="Spaceflight's not easy">James Doohan's ashes were lost</A>, along with hundreds of other people's ashes and several satellites, with the failure of the Falcon 1 rocket. James Doohan's ashes were lost, along with hundreds of other people's ashes and several satellites, with the failure of the Falcon 1 rocket.

]]> By: Ken Gagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-1442 Ken Gagne Fri, 04 May 2007 14:22:23 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-1442 Related: Walter Schirra, the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, has died. He was 84 years old. <a HREF = "http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/walter_schirra.html" TITLE="Wally Schirra obit on NASA.gov">NASA.gov obituary</a> <a HREF = "http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/54335.html" TITLE="Wally Schirra obit on StarTrek.com">StarTrek.com obituary</a> Related:

Walter Schirra, the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, has died. He was 84 years old.

NASA.gov obituary

StarTrek.com obituary

]]> By: Ken Gagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-1403 Ken Gagne Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:11:42 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-1403 StarTrek.com has <a HREF = "http://www.startrek.com/startrek/videoview?id=53922" TITLE="Doohan Memorial Launch">a video of the launch</a>. StarTrek.com has a video of the launch.

]]> By: GeneD http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-582 GeneD Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:04:59 +0000 http://www.showbits.net/2007/04/12/doohan-launch/#comment-582 I was fortunate enough to have met the late James Doohan at a science fiction convention a few years ago. Although he was best known for playing Montgomery Scott on the original <em>Star Trek</em>, he was also a decorated hero of World War II and a gentleman. Other genre actors (who shall remain nameless for now) have been less than friendly to their fans, but despite obviously failing health, Doohan shook my hand and happily signed autographs and talked with fans. May his remains rejoin the cosmos from which we sprang and someday hope to explore... I was fortunate enough to have met the late James Doohan at a science fiction convention a few years ago. Although he was best known for playing Montgomery Scott on the original Star Trek, he was also a decorated hero of World War II and a gentleman.

Other genre actors (who shall remain nameless for now) have been less than friendly to their fans, but despite obviously failing health, Doohan shook my hand and happily signed autographs and talked with fans. May his remains rejoin the cosmos from which we sprang and someday hope to explore…

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