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So Captain Kirk (finally) gets to "boldly go where no 90 year old has gone before" courtesy of Dr Evil Jeff Bezos.
Be interesting to know what sort of training & medical he's gone through as lets face it 90 isn't exactly the new 50 is it.....
Anyway lets get the puns out of the way (feel free to add your own):
If the launch is a bit rough he'll Shatner space suit.....
Set the haters to stun
He will boldly go where not many other rich people have gone before.
I suspect he's not paying for his seat (though I'm sure he could) +ve publicity for Blue Origin. These 10 minute trips to space leave me a little cold though, for the money a trip on the vomit comet will give you more zero gravity for a lot less. Seems a bit of bragging rights.
Still a busy boy work wise, did anyone see "Better Late Than Never" the guy is a riot even in his 80s.
Apparently Branson offered him a VG seat but turned it down as Beardy wanted too much money......
Wonder if you'll be able to get cheap flights if you're an Amazon Prime Member???
Be interesting to know what sort of training & medical he’s gone through as lets face it 90 isn’t exactly the new 50 is it…..
There'd be worse ways to go!
Apparently Branson offered him a VG seat but turned it down as Beardy wanted too much money……
Yeah, but - the choice between a proper rocket or dodgy aeroplane thing? Rocket every time! 🙂
Cake is a made up drug.
Should send the four of them up in Star Trek jerseys - Shatner in his traditional mustard (or whatever it is), someone else sort of important in blue (not sure who else is riding but loaded != important) and the other two in red proper shitting 'emselves.
Wonder if you’ll be able to get cheap flights if you’re an Amazon Prime Member???
Only if your Alexa reports you've not said anything anti-Amazon/Jeff :p
If he cries when he gets up there, I will too.
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Damn.... is that all it takes? Why wasn't he sent earlier??
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Business looks like it's taken a hit!
I think they should put a fair few celebrities into space with a
limited fuel supply.
Have we done Shatner in Space??
I think about 90% of The Original Series was people doing Shatner in space.
The I want to know what we need to do to save the earth comment was annoying. Would love to see what he says when he comes back
I'm not a fan of space tourism as a concept, but I struggle to not love the idea of Shatner having the chance to do this.
Hope I'm that capable when I'm his age.
The I want to know what we need to do to save the earth comment was annoying.
Indeed. Not shooting yourself into space in a cock rocket would be a good start.
One rocket launch produces up to 300 tons of carbon dioxide into the upper atmosphere where it can remain for years.
Stupid old ****
He's past his Amazon Prime.
Indeed. Not shooting yourself into space in a rocket would be a good start.
One rocket launch produces up to 300 tons of carbon dioxide into the upper atmosphere where it can remain for years.
Would that figure not happen to be for the likes of the Virgin rubber burning firework?
One rocket launch produces up to 300 tons of carbon dioxide into the upper atmosphere where it can remain for years.
Don't think that's true for Blue Origin though as it uses Hydrogen & Oxygen mix so only* produces water vapour - although this forms clouds in the upper atmosphere and contributes to climate change/global warming.
Where as Bransons 'Rocket plane' uses solid fuel which it just like burning a bunch of old tyres in terms of pollution etc.....
The 300 tons is more like the standard rocket launches of NASA/Space-X/Russia/China etc.
*There are a few other biproducts of combustion but not huge amounts.
He’s past his Amazon Prime.
Worthy of recognition
I fully understand the carbon cost, and how the idea of firing dickheads into space at $500k a pop whilst people starve is pretty stupid...
But if I was offered a seat, I'd take it without a moments hesitation. If I was 90 and wealthy, I'd be even more up for it.
The I want to know what we need to do to save the earth comment was annoying.
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Perhaps he's expecting to see a fleet of Klingon Birds of Prey waiting just out of camera shot to attack the earth......
Is he taking his bassoon up there?
I think they should put a fair few celebrities into space with a
limitedfueloxygen supply.
Fixed that for you ^^^
in red proper shitting ’emselves
Is that your work, Kelvin? Genius! 🙂
Please, please, please tell me some media outlet has used the headline "Shatner to oldly go..."?
Is that your work, Kelvin?
Absolutely not! Click the photo to go to the Newsthump source.
The first wig in space?
That's some going......
Corset is.
Well done to him, given he's 90 yr old. Hell, he looks better than me, and I dont see myself getting to such a ripe old age 😆
Maybe it's all that cycling he does.
Shatner was famous for being fastidious about his health...at one time.
Bless, Bezos is back in his costume even though he’s not going anywhere
Remarkable how casual it all is - I've seen more fuss when spotty teenagers are getting you ready for a zip-wire ride!
ooh the Shatner video on now is cringy - Bezos is saving the world by going to space apparantly..
The windows make it look like a caravan ... very "normal".
Giving Shatner a ticket was PR gold... I'd never have looked at a second of coverage of this if it wasn't for him.
The fins are like something of a small boat or light aircraft.
Feel a bit nervous.... looks so basic!
That landing is nuts! I admit to being half impressed, half unsure what's real now.
In case anyone missed Mash last week...
https://twitter.com/davechannel/status/1446223987449663488?s=20
Feel a bit nervous…. looks so basic!
Bit different to this:
It really is - a bus trip across town takes longer than a flight to space!
Not even the first commercial passenger space flight and it's been covered live on BBC.
The ship reminds me of an old TV show about a junkyard spaceship I think it must have been Salvage 1
Killing Captain Kirk in your midlife knob-rocket would be the ultimate buzz for any billionaire.
a bus trip across town takes longer than a flight to space!
How can it look so "normal", yet so unreal? I suppose that's why it looks unreal. Like a TV science fiction series with a low budget for props and effects.
Are they stamping the ground flat ready for the old man to walk in it?
I was wondering what they keep tugging on that rope. Does it open the door?
Bezos got bored with Shatner there
To be fair, he is going on a bit
Bozo is an arse isn't he.
I like Shatner more and more. You can feel how moved he is.
Is he singing?
Blooming hell Jeff. Can you not afford a larger bottle of bubbly !!
Proving money doesn't necessarily buy style
Lex Luther looks bored now......
Yep you can feel how moved he is. How crap would it have been if he’d got off and just said “yeah it was alright”?
“ Everybody in the world needs to do this," the Canadian actor told Mr Bezos after landing back on Earth. "It was unbelievable."
In tears, he added: "What you have given me is the most profound experience. I'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. I hope I never recover from this. I hope I can retain what I feel now. I don't want to lose it."
Sounds like he’s just dropped acid for the first time, though I expect that moment was decades ago, and repeated often.
Jeff Bezos is planning on being able to get you into space for less than $5,000. However, once there you'll find out how much he wants to bring you back.
Fair play to Bezo - at least he has made his design open source:
Here's Shatner trippping out at apogee......
Lauren Laverne did a playlist this morning on BBC 6Music about the Shat in Space, but somehow *didn't* play Shatner doing Rocketman.
But seriously, Shatner 'singing' Rocketman: laugh? I nearly Shat...
Have we done Shatner in Space??
Nope, but I’ve shitner woods.
Is he taking his bassoon up there?
Came here to mention the Bassoon. *applauds*
