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William Shatner to fly to space on New Shepard rocket

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posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 09:25 AM
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William Shatner , AKA Star Trek Captain Kirk, is scheduled to fly in space on Amazon's Jeff Bezos New Shepard Suborbital rocket

Thats right Captain Kirk finally makes it into space !

Shatner at age 90 will be the oldest person to fly into space (defined by the Karman line of 100 km) ecliping the record of oldest person to space set by Mary Wallace Funk (Wally Funk) in July 2021

Shatner ride into space was overshadowed somewhat by launch of ashes of fellow STAR TREK star James Doohan aka "Scotty" in 2007 by a Space X Falcon rocket

I guess the transporter is broken forcing Shatner/Kirk to go this route ............
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posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 09:39 AM
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a reply to: firerescue

If only Musk, Bezos and Branson would concentrate their efforts on Earthly pursuits such as ending poverty and hunger.

The bottom tiers of society are crumbling while billionaires holiday in space. Greedy, soulless and selfish excuses for human beings.

Sorry, not having a go at you but sending celebrities to space pales in comparison to the real issues of the world. I’m tired of so called entertainment and throw away stories to placate us, especially when they paint these cretins as philanthropists.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 09:40 AM
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a reply to: firerescue

This is the voyage of Bill Shatner , To boldly go where no 90 year old has gone before !

Good luck Captain Kirk.




posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 09:53 AM
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Bwhahahah.. you had to see this coming



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 09:53 AM
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a reply to: Grenade




The bottom tiers of society are crumbling while billionaires holiday in space. Greedy, soulless and selfish excuses for human beings.

Air travel was once the preserve of the rich but now any Pleb can do it , poverty and hunger can only be solved by governments don't bag the pioneers for the failures of politicians.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:00 AM
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I don't understand why they do all these gimmicky rocket launches instead of going to the moon and doing something useful, unless of course they haven't yet figured out how to get past the van allen radiation belts.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:02 AM
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a reply to: firerescue

I didn't know that about Scotty!

Is there video of Scotty's ashes being released into space?

Thank-you for the information.




posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:03 AM
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a reply to: gortex

Just as long there are no gremlins waiting outside to sabotage the space ship ........

(Reference to classic TWILIGHT ZONE episode Nightmare at 20,000 ft)
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posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:06 AM
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a reply to: oweyoueightone2

We've been to the Moon but people got bored with it so for now gimmicky rocket launches are where it's at.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:09 AM
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Shatner is a relative of mine...and I couldn't be happier for him.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:20 AM
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Hope Capt. Kirk shares some of the federation's warp drive technology...

Hope a Klingon War Bird is not cloaked and waiting to intercept him when he goes up...



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:30 AM
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If I was him, I probably wouldn't come back. I think I'd stay up there forever.

That just seems like it would be a fitting farewell for him.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:32 AM
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originally posted by: IAMTAT
Shatner is a relative of mine...and I couldn't be happier for him.


Wait, you're Canadian!?



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:34 AM
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originally posted by: oweyoueightone2

I don't understand why they do all these gimmicky rocket launches instead of going to the moon and doing something useful...

They want people to know about it. They want people to talk about it. They want people to watch. They want recognition.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:43 AM
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originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: firerescue

This is the voyage of Bill Shatner , To boldly go where no 90 year old has gone before !

Good luck Captain Kirk.



Since he's 90, he'll probably be the first one who has to pee, thus he'll "boldly go" where no man has gone before.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:46 AM
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Suddenly I have a mental image of launching a jello mold into space.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:49 AM
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a reply to: firerescue

Hope there'll be a lot of booze on the flight. The last time I saw Shatner, he was at the CCMA's at Cops Coliseum in Hamilton and he was so sh!tfaced he could barely stand (or talk).

Cheers - Dave



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:51 AM
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a reply to: gortex

Sure, give them a medal.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 10:55 AM
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originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: IAMTAT
Shatner is a relative of mine...and I couldn't be happier for him.


Wait, you're Canadian!?


Nou, I'm nout.



posted on Sep, 25 2021 @ 11:00 AM
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I am going to feel seriously cheated if he doesn't wear his Captain Kirk uniform under the space suit.
Bit of a shame he chose Team Creepy Jeff,but I hope he has a blast.


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