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Shatner In Space

You might recognise it a title we've used before, but this is the name of a new Amazon documentary about Shatner in Space, as it happens.

Unless you've just arrived from space yourself, you're probably aware that dear old Captain Kirk was launched into space in October aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

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Bezos Loves Earth Too

CNBC reports that during an interview at the Ignatius Forum in Washington last week, Jeff Bezos responded to critics of billionaires spending big on space, that space and earth are connected.

Also that he spends big on Earth, too.

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Tom Hanks Not In Space

The List has reported on a recent appearance by Tom Hanks on Jimmy Kimmel Live and include a link to said segment on YouTube.

In it he reveals that Jeff Bezos offered him a seat for a space flight before Shatner, but with a $28 million ticket price:

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Commercial Space Stations

Plans for two commercial space stations have been unveiled recently, both expected to be in operation this decade.

Nanoracks, Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin announced that they are developing the first free-flying commercial space station called Starlab which should begin operation by 2027.

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Space is Death

It's less upbeat than one might have expected from our first Starfleet captain in space and not as inspirational as the Star Trek title sequence, but Shatner was clearly affected by the experience. He had more to say:

Suddenly you're through the blue and you're into black and you're into, you know, it's raaaa, it's mysterious and the galaxies and things, but what you see is black. And what you see down there is light. And that's the difference.

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Enjoy the Ride

That is William Shatner's advice, given this morning in a short video released via twitter.

And it looks like there's a great deal of curiosity about this fictional character, Captain Kirk, going into space, so let's go along with it and enjoy the ride.

It's not a very exciting video really but if you've been following this story you might want to take a look.

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Shatner Flight Change

Blue Origin have rescheduled William Shatner's flight to Wednesday at 13:30 UTC / 23:30 AEST.

Due to forecasted winds in West Texas we are pushing #NS18 launch target to Wednesday, October 13. Liftoff is targeted for 8:30 am CDT / 13:30 UTC. Live broadcast begins at T-90 mins on http://BlueOrigin.com. Stay tuned for more details.

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