Captain Kirk to go on space mission

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The actor who played Captain Kirk in the Star Trek series is set to embark on a real-life journey into space.

US tech billionaire Jeff Bezos's space travel company Blue Origin confirmed that William Shatner would be blasting off from Texas on 12 October.

Aged 90, the actor will become the oldest person to have flown into space.

"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle," Shatner said in a statement.

Shatner will be joining three other people aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket for the company's second human spaceflight.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined the first crewed flight in July, along with his brother, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race, and an 18-year-old student.

As with the previous flight, the October voyage is expected to last about 10 minutes and will take the crew just beyond the Karman Line - the most widely recognised boundary of space that lies 100km (60 miles) above the Earth.

Blue Origin said its vice president of mission and flight operations, Audrey Powers, would also be on board the flight, as well as a former Nasa engineer and the co-founder of a software company specialising in clinical research.

A Canadian actor, Shatner famously played Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series in the 1960s, and later appeared in films of the franchise.

New Shepard, built by Bezos' company Blue Origin, is designed to serve the burgeoning market for space tourism.

Dubbed "NewSpace", an increasing number of entrepreneurs are joining in the race to create cheap, commercialised space travel.

Bezos's Blue Origin hit headlines in recent days after 21 current and former employees claimed it had ignored safety concerns to gain an advantage in the space race, and complained of a culture of sexism.

Blue Origin rejected the charges and said it stands by its safety record.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58792761

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[arista]

Will he pass the Medical?
he is very old at 90

[michael21]

Will he pass the Medical?
he is very old at 90

He needs to sign papers no need for medical :nono:

[Gusto Brunt]

Shatner is more like mid-60s than 90. I hope he enjoys his flight. :D

[Cherie]

Shatner is more like mid-60s than 90. I hope he enjoys his flight. :D

He was born in 1931?

this is iconic though, couldn't think of a better person to blast into space

[Livia]

While I adore William Shatner, I'm not happy about all the crap that they'll be once again blasting straight into the stratosphere.

[bots]

Shatner is more like mid-60s than 90. I hope he enjoys his flight. :D

he is most certainly 90

[Gusto Brunt]

He was born in 1931?

this is iconic though, couldn't think of a better person to blast into space

Yes.:hee:

[Gusto Brunt]

he is most certainly 90

In years but not in mind and spirit.:hee:

[LaLaLand]

Amazing. Good for him! Love the Shatner.

[Crimson Dynamo]

i am currently rewatching series one of the original series on da 'Flix

utter brilliance

[Beso]

His skeleton wont take that, is he mad?

[michael21]

On sky news HD now

[Nicky91]

yes a successful flight

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/william-shatner-shares-profound-words-after-successful-blue-origin-flight-i-hope-i-never-recover-from-this/ar-AAPty3i?ocid=uxbndlbing

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/star-trek-william-shatner-blue-origin-travels-space-1235030672/#:~:text=William%20Shatner%20on%20Wednesday%20succ essfully%20traveled%20into%20space,West%20Texas%20 launch%20site%20at%207%3A50%20a.m.%20PT.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The final front ear

[michael21]

The final front ear

No that the other one with ears

[Beso]

I'm spocked his bones lasted.

[Nicky91]

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[joeysteele]

Hey, really well done to him.
A dream come true for him.

[Vanessa]

I love Star Trek.

[Nicky91]

I love Star Trek.

last year, he also did ''star trek style'' lockdown logs on his twitter account i noticed

[Nicky91]

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/10/13/who-are-blue-origins-glen-de-vries-audrey-powers-chris-boshuizen/

here also some info regarding the other crew members


Glen de Vries, chief executive and co-founder of Medidata Solutions, a clinical trial software company. De Vries is also Vice Chair Life Sciences and Healthcare at Dassault Systèmes

Chris Boshuizen, a co-founder of Planet Labs, a company that builds small satellites used for monitoring Earth from orbit As mentioned, Boshuizen is one of the first paying customers following Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands.


Aubrey Powers, is Blue Origin vice president, Powers reportedly oversees New Shepard flight operations.

[arista]

[Prince William slams the billionaires'
space race and says they should focus on
fixing Earth's problems first – in stunning intervention hours
after Amazon chief Jeff Bezos sent Star Trek's
William Shatner into orbit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10088619/Prince-William-slams-space-race.html

[bots]

[Prince William slams the billionaires'
space race and says they should focus on
fixing Earth's problems first – in stunning intervention hours
after Amazon chief Jeff Bezos sent Star Trek's
William Shatner into orbit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10088619/Prince-William-slams-space-race.html

the world isn't meant to be deadly serious all the time. If people cant have a bit of fun and enjoyment, what's the point in living

The "Royals" really need to give it a break

[Nicky91]

one of William's fellow passengers, Glen de Vries sadly had been killed in a plane crash involving a Cessna 172 in a heavily wooded area in Hampton Township, New Jersey

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/glen-de-vries-dies-plane-crash-blue-origin-flight/

Glen de Vries, a businessman who flew to space last month with Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin, died in a small plane crash on Thursday. He was 49, according to New Jersey State Police.


The plane crashed in Sussex County, New Jersey, just before 3 p.m. De Vries and 54-year-old Thomas P. Fischer were killed. The FAA is investigating the crash, state police said.

"We are devastated to hear of the sudden passing of Glen de Vries. He brought so much life and energy to the entire Blue Origin team and to his fellow crewmates," Blue Origin tweeted. "His passion for aviation, his charitable work, and his dedication to his craft will long be revered and admired."

https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1459248268806967299

De Vries, a private pilot in his spare time, was trained as a molecular biologist and co-founded Medidata Solutions, the most-used clinical research platform in the world. The company's software has managed more than 25,000 clinical trials involving more than seven million patients. Dassault Systèmes acquired the company in 2019 for $5.8 billion.

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"Our thoughts and support go out to Glen's family," a Dassault Systèmes spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. "Our deepest sympathy also goes out to our MEDIDATA team, which Glen co-founded. His tireless energy, empathy and pioneering spirit left their mark on everyone who knew him. We will truly miss Glen, but his dreams — which we share — live on: we will pursue progress in life sciences & healthcare as passionately as he did."

Last month, de Vries spent over 10 minutes in space after launching along with actor William Shatner, Australian entrepreneur Chris Boshuizen and Blue Origin executive Audrey Powers. Before blastoff, he and his crewmates did an interview with "CBS Mornings."

"I am actually looking forward to seeing the Earth from a different perspective than I ever had before," he said in the interview. "I just can't wait to stare out that window and feel differently about humanity and our planet than I've ever had the opportunity to before."

After the flight, de Vries, a Carnegie Mellon graduate, told CBS Pittsburgh station KDKA that it was an experience unlike any other. He said he hoped to get others interested in the space industry so they can experience it too.

"I thought that would be important to me before we went up, and having done it makes me feel twice as much conviction. Maybe a thousand times more conviction. That is something we need to make accessible, in an equitable way, to as many people on the planet as possible," he told the station.