Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, used the show to offer an optimistic vision of mankind's future where greed, hate, bigotry and hunger were all solved. In recognition for his role in inspiring the space program, NASA launched his ashes into space after his death in 1991.
"...Отдавая дань его роли в инспирации космической программы, НАСА вышвырнули его с Земли подальше в космос". А что, я что-то не так перевёл?)))