The Word is Given: Warp Speed, Mr. Scott

Cafe Society
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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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[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.