Scotty and Gordo Visit Space – Briefly
Star Trek’s Scotty, NASA’s Cooper in space, AP
“The cremated remains of actor James Doohan, who portrayed “Scotty” of the Star Trek starship Enterprise, and Gemini astronaut Gordon Cooper sailed into suborbital space this morning aboard a rocket launched from the southern New Mexico desert. It marked the first successful launch from Spaceport America, a commercial spaceport being developed in Upham, N.M.”