Spaceflight's not easy: Space X loses "Scotty
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:01 am
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... ocket.htmlSpace X hasn't just lost a rocket, though. The flight was carrying a trio of small satellites belonging to NASA and the DoD. Perhaps less seriously, but probably more newsworthy, the ashes of over 200 people were also on board, including a pair of rather well known astronauts, one actual, one fictional. They were Gordon Cooper, one of the original Mercury 7, and "Scotty" himself, James Doohan