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Old 06-August-2008, 10:07 PM
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I thought it was mentioned somewhere (but I can't find it), but there were several loses because of this launch failure.
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Lost along with the rocket were three small satellites, one for the Department of Defense and two for NASA, including an experimental solar sail, NanoSail-D.

Gone too were the ashes of 208 people including James Doohan, better known as "Scotty" of Star Trek fame, who had paid to have their remains scattered in space.
I really sorry to see the loss of the Nanosail satellite.
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