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William Shatner, the oldest man to travel to space

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 8:50 am
by DBowling
‘Star Trek’ alum William Shatner, 90, becomes the oldest man to travel to space
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sta ... 28402.html
The Star Trek alum, 90, became the oldest person to ever to reach the edge of space — the Kármán line, which is 62 miles above Earth — on Wednesday when he traveled on Blue Origin's New Shepard 4 for the 10-minute commercial flight.
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Shatner teared up telling Amazon/Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos, "What you have given me is the most profound experience. I'm so filled with emotion about what just happened. It's extraordinary. Extraordinary."

Re: William Shatner, the oldest man to travel to space

Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:21 pm
by Philip
Captain Kirk is certainly the oldest man to be launched into space. But he has another space record as well - cause I'm pretty sure he's also the fattest man ever to be launched on a rocket. ("Houston, we have a problem, Shatner is wolfing down all the crew's snackables!") :pound:

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