Group renames asteroid for George Takei

[bicentennial_baby]

NEW YORK - A piece of outer space named for George Takei is in kind of a rough neighborhood for somebody who steers a starship: an asteroid belt.

An asteroid between Mars and Jupiter has been renamed 7307 Takei in honor of the actor, best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original "Star Trek" series and movies.

"I am now a heavenly body," Takei, 70, said Tuesday, laughing. "I found out about it yesterday. ... I was blown away. It came out of the clear, blue sky — just like an asteroid."

The celestial rock, discovered by two Japanese astronomers in 1994, was formerly known as 1994 GT9. It joins the 4659 Roddenberry (named for the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry) and the 68410 Nichols (for co-star Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura). Other main-belt asteroids have been named for science fiction luminaries Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_on_sc/takei_asteroid

[NewJeffCT]

1. that's a cool honor

to have an asteroid named after you.

[MilesColtrane]

2. Until it hurtles into the Earth in an extinction level impact decimating entire species.

...just saying.

[RushIsRot]

4. Decimating merely means killing one in ten -- just saying.

[MilesColtrane]

11. You must be a Roman. Tuo Schiavo.

Welcome to the 21st century.

-just saying.

[RushIsRot]

12. I suspect the word you seek might be "devastating."

It does have a similar look and sound but a much different meaning.

Just saying...

[DarkTirade]

3. A heavenly body...

to go with that sexy voice. :)

[Parche]

5. Better an Assteroid, then a Hemmeroid

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[DS1]

6. *movie guy voice* In the year two thousand eighty seven

Earth







will catch "The Gay"

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Starring George Takei, Tom Cruise, Andy Dick...

A majority of closted homosexual Republicans send Tom Cruise, Andy Dick, and George Takei into space to stop the asteroid which threatens to turn the world gay. Or at least reveal those who already are.

:rofl:

[LeftyMom]

8. He's out.

Please don't lump a great guy like him in with those freaks.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Only in a juxtapatory, "antics ensue when the crew find a HOMO among them"

and then, hilariously, the homo in themselves" manner, not in diminuition.

[kwassa]

10. I met George in the late 80s

He was in a gay running club called Frontrunners, and was a host of the Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 5/10k. He was a friend of my girlfriend's brother, who was in the club. I met him before the race, in which I participated.

I always knew he was gay, and never thought he hid it. He has this amazing huge voice in person, a big, big actor's voice.

here is the event.

http://www.firecracker10k.org/History.htm