The creator of " Star Trek " and his wife will spend eternity together in space.
Celestis Inc., a company that specializes in "memorial spaceflights," said Monday that it will ship the remains of Gene Roddenberry and Majel Barrett Roddenberry into space next year.
The couple's cremated remains will be sealed into specially made capsules designed to withstand the rigors of space travel . A rocket-launched spacecraft will carry the capsules, along with digitized tributes from fans. The Roddenberrys' remains -- and the spacecraft -- will travel ever deeper into space and will not return to earth, company spokeswoman Susan Schonfeld said.
After Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, his wife commissioned Celestis to launch a part of his remains into space in 1997. She died Dec. 18, 2008.
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I can just hear some old ma... (Below threshold)1. Posted by proof | January 27, 2009 2:01 PM | Score: 4 (18 votes cast)
I can just hear some old married guy now:
"Or will it just seem like an eternity?"
Heh.
1. Posted by proof | January 27, 2009 2:01 PM |
Score: 4 (18 votes cast)
Posted on January 27, 2009 14:01
2. Posted by D | January 28, 2009 6:40 AM | Score: 0 (14 votes cast)
What the hell? How am I JUST NOW finding out she died???
2. Posted by D | January 28, 2009 6:40 AM |
Score: 0 (14 votes cast)
Posted on January 28, 2009 06:40
3. Posted by Motheroangels | January 28, 2009 12:21 PM | Score: 5 (13 votes cast)
That's so nice. They will always be together in the place they wanted to be.
3. Posted by Motheroangels | January 28, 2009 12:21 PM |
Score: 5 (13 votes cast)
Posted on January 28, 2009 12:21
4. Posted by Xanthros | January 28, 2009 1:26 PM | Score: 8 (14 votes cast)
Sweet! I've been telling people for years after I die that I want my body to be shot into space instead of being buried on the planet.
4. Posted by Xanthros | January 28, 2009 1:26 PM |
Score: 8 (14 votes cast)
Posted on January 28, 2009 13:26
5. Posted by James | January 28, 2009 4:40 PM | Score: 19 (25 votes cast)
May they live long and prosper throughout eternity. They will always be missed along with James Dooan and DeForrest Kelly. How so many people touch our lives in so many ways. I can only pray the world gets better and people are better to each other and all of those wonderful children around the world. They are what life is all about. If your well off, then give a bunch to those kids. Especially the ones in the hospitals. My wife and I do, and we're still struggling. Like they say, life is way too short for so many. God Bless, WolfRanger.
5. Posted by James | January 28, 2009 4:40 PM |
Score: 19 (25 votes cast)
Posted on January 28, 2009 16:40
6. Posted by Auggie | January 29, 2009 12:12 PM | Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
So Jackie Gleason was really ahead of his time when he'd say, "To the moon, Alice!"
I'm ready for lift off.
6. Posted by Auggie | January 29, 2009 12:12 PM |
Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 12:12
7. Posted by labbaeka | January 29, 2009 12:57 PM | Score: -33 (41 votes cast)
AM NO FLATTERED..THET ARE RICH AND WANNA SPEND THEIR MONEY WHEN THEY CANT FEEL ITS INPACT...SUCH CASH SHOULD BE USED ON LIVING POPULACE.....WHAT A PITY...
7. Posted by labbaeka | January 29, 2009 12:57 PM |
Score: -33 (41 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 12:57
8. Posted by tolbert moore | January 29, 2009 2:16 PM | Score: -27 (47 votes cast)
I think people with money to throw away should consider helping their fellow man.My wife and i live on 1400.00 a month and no kind of insurance .Try that sometime.
8. Posted by tolbert moore | January 29, 2009 2:16 PM |
Score: -27 (47 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 14:16
9. Posted by David Carey | January 29, 2009 5:18 PM | Score: 14 (20 votes cast)
For all those who think its all a waste. Think about it. Is that what You would do. Most of it the answer is NO. It is a fitting end for both of them. And it is the best way that I think they should go out. Space is the final frontier, and both will be blasting off into it. I Live on 1000 a month, no insurance. I am glad that they spent a small bit of their fortune.
9. Posted by David Carey | January 29, 2009 5:18 PM |
Score: 14 (20 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 17:18
10. Posted by James | January 29, 2009 6:38 PM | Score: 9 (13 votes cast)
It may seem excessive, but death is one of the great milestones of life why not go out in style.
10. Posted by James | January 29, 2009 6:38 PM |
Score: 9 (13 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 18:38
11. Posted by Dave | January 29, 2009 7:07 PM | Score: -17 (25 votes cast)
Do people really have anything better to write about these days? Or is it cool these days to relish the dead and write about dumb shit like this? Won't somebody cover important, necessary news like starvation, recession, things of that nature?
11. Posted by Dave | January 29, 2009 7:07 PM |
Score: -17 (25 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 19:07
12. Posted by Sirreal77 | January 29, 2009 7:09 PM | Score: 13 (19 votes cast)
Hey, if they want to spend their money this way, have at it. If you take away people's money just because "other people need it" then it undermines the desire to work for it. Communism doesn't drive economies.
Besides, every time I hear the ships computer I hear Majel... she and Gene have provided us with more genuine thought provoking entertainment than 95% of Hollywood. They deserve to travel to the stars!
12. Posted by Sirreal77 | January 29, 2009 7:09 PM |
Score: 13 (19 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 19:09
13. Posted by liz jackson | January 29, 2009 7:29 PM | Score: 2 (8 votes cast)
Well, Dave, its not too dumb, you read it and wrote on it didnt you?? Geez....
Anyway...it's now BOLDLY GO population 2!! The comedian Henry Cho talks about his friend asking where boldly go was like it was a location and his name is initials J. B. and on his drivers liscense he put J. only B. only so they would not it was not a full name. Well, they put his name down and Jonly Bonly and now they call him Jonly Bonly from Boldy Go!
13. Posted by liz jackson | January 29, 2009 7:29 PM |
Score: 2 (8 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 19:29
14. Posted by Kraterface | January 29, 2009 7:35 PM | Score: 18 (20 votes cast)
I think people should stop nagging about what rich people do with their money. It's their money, they earned, they do what they want with it. If you don't like it, write your own damn TV series and sell it to Fox.
14. Posted by Kraterface | January 29, 2009 7:35 PM |
Score: 18 (20 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 19:35
15. Posted by Joey | January 29, 2009 8:00 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I wish i can be like them my remains buried in the stars. Whenever my friends and love ones think about me they just look at the stars.
15. Posted by Joey | January 29, 2009 8:00 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 20:00
16. Posted by black_kittyb | January 29, 2009 8:14 PM | Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
I'm going to have my family have me ground up, attached to large bottle rockets, and then shot up as a series of small, inter-galactic meatballs! Ala ATHF!
16. Posted by black_kittyb | January 29, 2009 8:14 PM |
Score: 1 (5 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 20:14
17. Posted by Kirk | January 29, 2009 9:24 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Eventually they will be intercepted by aliens and brought back to life! Smart move.
17. Posted by Kirk | January 29, 2009 9:24 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on January 29, 2009 21:24
18. Posted by Ogbeni | January 30, 2009 3:37 AM | Score: -5 (7 votes cast)
It is a nice idea to be together even in death, but considering the numerous things like poverty, diseases, education etc that need our collective effort to solve, I think using part of the fund needed for this project to help address some of these challenges would not have been a bad idea. But all the same, it is a wonderful way of staying together.
Ogbeni
18. Posted by Ogbeni | January 30, 2009 3:37 AM |
Score: -5 (7 votes cast)
Posted on January 30, 2009 03:37
19. Posted by Jlo | January 30, 2009 6:18 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
why are so many people complaining about the cost of this? Any funeral is outrageously expensive! You can easily spend $10,000 on a modest funeral, so is that a waste of money too? If it was your loved one would you deny them the funeral and donate that money to charity? I doubt it.
19. Posted by Jlo | January 30, 2009 6:18 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on January 30, 2009 06:18
20. Posted by Jessica | January 30, 2009 9:47 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
http://www.celestis.com/services.asp
Their services are less then the average funeral. Get over it. Good for them for following their last wish.
20. Posted by Jessica | January 30, 2009 9:47 AM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on January 30, 2009 09:47
21. Posted by Jessica | January 30, 2009 12:40 PM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Some of you people are so pathetic. You think that just because somebody has lots of money they should be spending it on "those less fortunate", like yourselves. I wish I had that kind of money too,only living on $1200 a month, but I wouldn't take a red cent of money that I didn't work for.
21. Posted by Jessica | January 30, 2009 12:40 PM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on January 30, 2009 12:40
22. Posted by R Carroll | June 26, 2009 10:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm glad they both had their remains sent out as they wished! Who cares about their money!?!? If you spread out their wealth amongst ALL of those who needed it, each person would probably receive less than a penny!!! I say the couple who believed in peace should rest in peace however they choose!
22. Posted by R Carroll | June 26, 2009 10:00 PM |
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Posted on June 26, 2009 22:00