Guardian: Scotty's ashes fail to reach final frontier
The ashes of actor James Doohan, who played Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek, were lost on the way to space on Sunday morning, when the rocket carrying them malfunctioned minutes after take-off.
An obvious joke, I know, but somebody had to make it... And I'm sure plenty of others will be.
James Doohan's son posted an interesting and honest statement following the failure of his father's ashes to get into orbit:
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/04/unfulfilled-space-fu.html