Captain Kirk heading to space.. for real!

Sky news is pretty behind other links

 

That seemed like a hard landing

 

It did hope they're ok

 

Potential for calling Audrey Powers an astronaut given her work, but I'm not sure how much space related training she'd have done (I don't follow Blue Origin much as they aren't a real space company like SpaceX)

 

They're moving.

 

All that for 2 minutes.

 

He did it.

 

They changed the rules specifically because of space tourists on the day Bezos launched to differentiate between tourists and astronauts. If "rules are rules" then they *still* aren't astronauts according to the official FAA designation.

 

Success!

 

Oh god, they just said about Shatner's Singing

 

I wonder if Shatner bored his fellow astronauts about his horses.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57950149

Audrey Powers may qualify under "or contributed to human space flight safety" depending on the exact wording (if that contribution has to be above the 80km line or not), I can't see the other three meeting that criteria.

 

I'm honestly not sure if Shatner is acting here or not. He's such a performer, everything public he does is so prepped and prepared and scripted but when he was going on about death - seems like real lines & emotions slipping in with the prepared lines

 

You need a kitten.

 

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

 

They literally changed it to exclude tourists the day Bezos went to space because of the influx of tourists. It was all over the news. The person must actually contribute, not just be a passenger, to be an astronaut. There has to be a point to their being on the ship, not just having spent money for a seat. No different than buying a ticket on a plane vs being a member of the crew.

 

And it's now happened. Captain Kirk has been in space.

That's not even on my bucket list and yet in many ways always was.