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reneeh63 · 10-13-2021, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Ponderosa

The whole thing looked faked to me. There were obvious inconsistencies. Shattner's best acting job ever, without a doubt.

I love Shatner...but he's not a great actor and I don't think he was facking it.

Not sure why this is in POC and not Current Events...how is this the slightest bit political or controversial?

Driver 47 · 10-13-2021, 06:49 PM

i could just imagine what a up & back down ride the way the Mercury 7 astronauts did would be like. Taking things a bit further, I wonder what it would be like to see the earth as a blue & white little ball from space the way the Apollo astronauts did coming back from the moon. Kinda eliminates all the differences in humanity when you can see our planet from space and realise we're all one people. Well, one species anyway.

Suburban_Guy · 10-13-2021, 08:49 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAqj5tATg-Y

The Dark Enlightenment · 10-13-2021, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by momonkey

Right, because why would anyone waste money on clean water for children in the third world when America's aging Hollywood brats can get a ride on a real spaceship?

The Dark Enlightenment · 10-13-2021, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Arya Stark

This actually made me really happy today. First that Shatner went up at all. Then that he was 90 years old. Shatner looks really good for 90 years old.

Just the remembrance of Star Trek makes me happy that some where someone remembers the idea of Star Trek... that someday humanity would have evolved for bigger and better things.

Fleet · 10-13-2021, 10:25 PM

Very fitting for Bill to go on a space ride. He can now say he has actually been in space, just like Captain Kirk. A part of history now.

natalie469 · 10-13-2021, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fleet

Very fitting for Bill to go on a space ride. He can now say he has actually been in space, just like Captain Kirk. A part of history now.

11 minutes in space will hardly be part of history.

atxcio · 10-13-2021, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Fleet

Very fitting for Bill to go on a space ride. He can now say he has actually been in space, just like Captain Kirk. A part of history now.

Yeah but unlike Captain Kirk, he wasn't able to get the girl on this mission. Granted, he would have had to move fast, but still it was technically possible.

wizrap · 10-13-2021, 11:12 PM

I’m so happy for him. And to think that even at the age of 90 you can still be awed by this universe.

Fleet · 10-13-2021, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by natalie469

11 minutes in space will hardly be part of history.

Long enough. Better than zero minutes in space.