Captain Kirk heading to space.. for real!

[ThankQ]

As long as they call golf a sport, they can all these people astronauts.

 

[Paul Weaver]

Still cant believe Shatner is 90.

 

[cooleddie74]

I'm 46 and the man could kick my ass.

 

[wayoung]

Still cant believe Shatner is 90.

I've been saying for years, the dude must have the best cosmetic surgeons in Hollywood.

 

[thribs]

Okay, Bill, you've convinced me; I'm saving up for a Blue Origin seat.

You’ll be saving for a while.

 

[jackoverfull]

Not only cosmetic. He still rides horses!

 

[Bad Robot]

He could probably kick mine too, even though I consider myself in decent shape. But man... I really can't make myself care what his latest publicity stunt is. Glad he made it back though.

 

[thribs]

So is Patrick Stewart next?

 

[cooleddie74]

Chris Pine will go up on Virgin Atlantic.

 

[wayoung]

You’ll be saving for a while.

Only $50k to take a balloon up.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-view-space-balloon-trips-50000-dollars/index.html

Of course, this company already failed once to get a space tourism program off the ground (hehe) once before so I'd be a little wary about putting down your deposit

 

[NCC-73515]

I guess Bezos got a little worried when Shatner started talking on live tv about how his company delivers people to death and back XD

Looking forward to late night interviews! Too bad Conan is over...

 

[Paul Weaver]

The Kármán Line was established in the 1960s by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (also known as the FAI) in honor of physicist Theodore von Kármán........where did you hear they changed it for tourism?

It's 100km (not 80 that some like Branson claim), but to be recognised as a US astronaut you have to do something on the mission - not just be a passenger.

Only $50k to take a balloon up.

100,000 feet is not "edge of space". It's 31km, the level youtubers send garlic bread to. New Shephard reaches over 100km (beating the Karman line, and thus the FAI altitude requirement for "being in space")

 

[wayoung]

It's 100km (not 80), but to be recognised as a US astronaut you have to do something on the mission - not just be a passenger.



100,000 feet is not "edge of space". It's 31km. New Shephard reaches over 100km (beating the Karman line, and thus the FAI altitude requirement for "being in space")

Discount price, discount space

 

[thribs]

Only $50k to take a balloon up.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-view-space-balloon-trips-50000-dollars/index.html

Of course, this company already failed once to get a space tourism program off the ground (hehe) once before so I'd be a little wary about putting down your deposit

Yeah but you have to add flights to get there and accommodation. It all adds up.

 

[cooleddie74]

He went up 66 miles. If I'm not mistaken the manned jump from the capsule(Baumgartner, 2012) was at about 24 miles.

 

[wayoung]

I guess Bezos got a little worried when Shatner started talking on live tv about how his company delivers people to death and back XD

Looking forward to late night interviews! Too bad Conan is over...

That's a big reason I think Shatner was off script and just overwhelmed by the experience there. No way Bezos wants Blue Origin associated with death

 

[Spock's Barber]

I'm 46 and the man could kick my ass.

Ghouleddie74 gets introduced to The Kirk Drop Kick....

 

[cooleddie74]

If I've gotta go down getting drop-kicked by William Shatner is a memorable way to go down.

 

[Paul Weaver]

Ghouleddie74 gets introduced to The Kirk Drop Kick....

Section 10 in the manual

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I haven't read every word of this thread; has anybody marveled at the fact that William Shatner, at age 90, climbed seven full flights of stairs to the capsule? At space normal speed, and without batting an eye? He's aiming for 100.