# The Word is Given: Warp Speed, Mr. Scott

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 28, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-given-warp-speed-mr-scott/401968 "2007-04-28T18:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-given-warp-speed-mr-scott/401968/21 "2007-05-12T06:56:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Walloon]  
What these stories fail to mention is that only a tiny amount any individual’s ashes are sent into space — about a quarter ounce, in a vial. That’s how they are able to get the “remains” of 200 people on board at one time.

If Doohan weighed 200 pounds at death, he would yield about 6 pounds of cremated remains.  
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“you cannot change the laws of physics”

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-is-given-warp-speed-mr-scott/401968/22 "2007-05-12T13:43:51Z")

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[QUOTE=cochrane]  
OK, so the ashes were intended to go on a sub-orbital trajectory?  
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Yes, there were various experiments in the same package that were intended to be recovered. I can’t find the link for the company at the moment.

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