On October 3, local time, William Alan Shatner, the actor of the “Star Trek” series Captain Kirk, took the Blue Origin “New Shepard” rocket in Texas, USA, and really entered space.
At the age of 90, he also set the record for the oldest human in history to enter space.
After returning to Earth, William Alan Shatner said to the media: “Unbelievable, I hope everyone will go there.”
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He said to Blue Origin’s boss, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: “I want to feel this in my mind forever, I don’t want to lose it!”
According to reports, “New Shepard” has a total of 4 members. Aubrey Powers is the vice president of rocket mission and flight operations for “New Shepard”; Chris Boshuizen is the co-founder of Planetary Lab and is currently a partner of venture capital firm DCVC; Glen de Vries Co-founder of Medidata Solutions, a clinical trial software company.
Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries each paid $250,000 for the boat ticket, and William Alan Shatner was invited by Jeff Bezos to participate.
William Alan Shatner played the role of James T. Kirk in the classic American science fiction drama “Star Trek: The Original Series” from 1966 to 1969 and seven derivative films.
For many movie fans, William Alan Shatner has almost equated with Starship Enterprise Captain Kirk.
The flight was 55 years and 1 month after William Alan Shatner first appeared as Captain Kirk.
William Alan Shatner is now 90 years old, breaking the record set by astronaut Wally Funk in July this year.
The 82-year-old made her first space voyage on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
William Alan Shatner may not be able to return to the “Star Trek” series, but he will truly go to space.
It is said that William Alan Shatner’s space journey will be recorded in an upcoming documentary.
Fans may soon be able to see his complete reaction to this experience.
The owner of Blue Origin Airlines is Jeff Bezos, the founder of the online company Amazon. He has been an avid fan of the “Star Trek” film and television series since he was a child.
He played a cameo as an alien in “Star Trek Beyond” released in 2016.
Therefore, this documentary is also expected to be broadcast on the Amazon platform.
In addition to “fans chasing stars”, Jeff Bezos’s move also has a provocative meaning like Elon Musk.
These two top wealthy people have competed in the field of space technology for more than a decade, and SpaceX, both of which was previously Elon Musk, is in a leading position.
But two months ago, due to Blue Origin’s protest, NASA suspended its moon landing contract with SpaceX.
Everything Jeff Bezos did was to win NASA’s moon landing contract.
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