James Doohan

KELLNER: Voice system searches as user speaks to iPhone

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

Somewhere, maybe, James Doohan is smiling.

KELLNER: Voice system searches as user speaks to iPhone - The Washington Times

iPhone Headlines News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008

Somewhere, maybe, James Doohan is smiling. You remember the affable Canadian actor, whose Scotty on "Star Trek" was often talking to the computer, even if (in one film) it was the mouse of an old Apple Mac? Mr. Doohan died in 2005, but his brogue ...

Book Your Posthumous Voyage to the Moon [Lunar Funeral] | Science …

Planet-x.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008

Although the ashes of Gene Roddenberry, Timothy Leary, and James Doohan are currently in orbit around the Earth, the remains of only one person, planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, have ever been sent to the moon.

• Book Your Posthumous Voyage to the Moon [Lunar Funeral] - io9

Tips To Get A Funeral Insurance Plan In Great Britain?

articlemarketer.org (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008

You can never begin your own funeral planning too early, especially if you live in the United Kingdom. The American penchant to buy a funeral insurance plan while you are in your fifties or sixties is catching on in Great Britain. Funeral insurance plans (also called funeral life insurance or Funeral Plans) are legal in [...]

Opinions: Everybody’s Got One

third world county (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

And never fear to confront a politician... with fact and reason opposing a stupid or dishonest utterance. Sure, you could be singled out for a Clintonista-style State Retaliation, but so? What? You wanna live forever?

Fourth Time a Charm for Company's Space Launch

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific.

• SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket Reaches Orbit on 4th Try - Lifeboat Foundation Blog

Pegg: My Scotty Is A Tribute To Doohan

Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008

Simon Pegg (Star Trek’s new Scotty) is still out promoting his new film How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and still talking (a bit) about Trek. Pegg tells Conan O’Brien that while he pays tribute to the original Scotty, James Doohan, he doesn’t imitate him. And in that interview and many others, Pegg again [...]

Simon Pegg - Pegg Makes Scotty Role A Tribute To Doohan

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

SIMON PEGG has promised his portrayal of SCOTTY in the new STAR TREK movie will be a "tribute" to the late JAMES DOOHAN, the actor who made the role famous. Doohan's ...

SpaceX Launches Falcon 1 Successfully Into Earth Orbit

Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

SpaceX, we have orbital flight. Numerous failed attempts have finally resulted in the first privately funded rocket to enter space orbit. It's a damn fine moment to know that someone out there had the balls to attempt, fail, and keep trying until they got it right. Even the loss of James Doohan's ashes didn't deter founder Elon Musk and the 550 man team at SpaceX from achieving their goal.

SpaceX's Falcon 1 gets into space!

GraniteGrok (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008

Face it, in many ways, NASA has lost its way. Bloated budgets, inefficiencies, and a lack of vision has slowed this once great agency to a crawl. Not that I'm picking on just NASA - it happens to be just...

Private rocket achieves orbit, paving the way for cheaper citizen space travel

Scientific American (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

A company developing its own rocket finally got its ship into orbit, taking the private sector a step closer to low-cost space travel. [More]

SpaceX 'Falcon 1' Marks New Era For Space Industry

Information Week (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

Falcon 1 is carrying a simulated payload, a hexagonal aluminum alloy chamber that weighs 364 lbs and stands about five feet tall, designed specifically for the test mission.

1st Commercial Rocket Launched Into Orbit

ABC News (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

SpaceX launched a commercial rocket into orbit Sunday.

Fourth time lucky: Successful rocket launch gives lift to billionaire's plan for cheaper space flight

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

A billionaire who aims to make space flight cheaper has hailed the success of his latest rocket launch.

SpaceX finally reaches orbit after fourth try

Physorg (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008

(AP) -- An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific.