We were all saddened last month when Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the wife of the late Star Trek Creator Gene Roddenberry, passed away. Today though, something uplifting can be found from that sad event. Mrs. Roddenberry and her husband will be spending eternity together as they boldly go where no man has gone before . . . . . . into 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.
This is such a fitting end for a couple that has taken millions of fans into the stars with their creation of Star Trek. Now fans will forever be able to look up into the heavens and know that Gene and Majel are travelling out into the vastness of the universe that they dreamed about so often.
Godspeed Mr. and Mrs. Roddenberry. Godspeed.
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