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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAge 90: William Shatner will ride Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Shepard rocket next month:
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Captain Kirk is truly headed to space...at 90. William Shatner is set to board Jeff Bezos Blue Origin New Shepard rocket next month, according to TMZ, becoming the oldest man to ever fly into space.
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Age 90: William Shatner will ride Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Shepard rocket next month: (Original Post)
tblue37
Sep 2021
OP
Wouldn't it be cool if he gave the Star Trek opening monologue from space?
AZLD4Candidate
Sep 2021
#2
No matter what anyone thinks about Bezos or his space thing, Shatner should go.
Srkdqltr
Sep 2021
#3
My daughter, an aerospace medicine doctor, did research that shows that people of even
tblue37
Sep 2021
#4
Godspeed, Capt Kirk!
AZLD4Candidate
(5,639 posts)2. Wouldn't it be cool if he gave the Star Trek opening monologue from space?
I've been binge watching (again) the original series and the first six movies.
Srkdqltr
(6,228 posts)3. No matter what anyone thinks about Bezos or his space thing, Shatner should go.
No one is more appropriate. Patrick Stewart should go also.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)12. Make it so.
And from what I have seen, Sir Patrick seems to also be an awesome human being.
tblue37
(65,227 posts)4. My daughter, an aerospace medicine doctor, did research that shows that people of even
advanced age and/or with medical conditions --as long as those conditions, like high blood pressure, for example--are controlled can tolerate the high Gs needed for lift off.
JI7
(89,240 posts)5. What's he going to wear ?
tblue37
(65,227 posts)6. He should be allowed to wear a Starfleet uniform. It would be great PR for the franchise.
Archae
(46,301 posts)8. A red shirt?
MiniMe
(21,709 posts)9. I think his shirts were gold
Archae
(46,301 posts)10. They were, but I was making a Trek joke.
Red shirts were usually the first ones in the Old Series to get killed.
MiniMe
(21,709 posts)14. That I remember
Uh oh, he is wearing a red shirt
MustLoveBeagles
(11,583 posts)7. Cool
I'll try to watch the launch.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,911 posts)11. All mixed feelings aside...
That is a very very cool thing to be happening and it definitely makes me smile.
LudwigPastorius
(9,110 posts)13. How is The Shat going to keep his toupee on in zero g?
He'd better use some of that heavy duty Starfleet Duct Tape!
Talitha
(6,562 posts)15. OMG, he's 90?!? Sure doesn't look it.
Godspeed, Captain Kirk!
twin_ghost
(435 posts)16. He should fly with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Bezo's junkett only goes to the edge of space. Just sayin...