Gene Roddenberry, wife to spend eternity in space
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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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