Captain Kirk Finally Goes Into Space (90 year-old William Shatner on a Blue Origin rocket - 9:30am this morning)

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Damn, that shot of the booster in the background means they touched down fairly close to the launchpad.  Impressive.

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4 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Capt Kirk probably suffered a catastrophic o-ring failure due to G forces 

Putting the Shat in Shatner. 

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Does kirk have to declare this gifted ride on his taxes?

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Props to CNN for their coverage.

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What the fuck is she babbling about stories and art coming out of this?

for fuck's sake, they were weightless for a few minutes. 

Alan Bean ain't getting out of that capsule.

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watch a rattlesnake take em out at the very end.

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Just now, atomheartbevo said:

What the fuck is she babbling about stories and art coming out of this?

for fuck's sake, they were weightless for a few minutes. 

Alan Bean ain't getting out of that capsule.

they are selling their next ride.... lol

 

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May the Force be with him.

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somewhere Sulu is furiously watching the TV having hoped for Shattners death.

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2 minutes ago, ChickenNuggets said:

Does kirk have to declare this gifted ride on his taxes?

He's Canadian so....maybe?

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Just now, ChickenNuggets said:

somewhere Sulu is furiously watching the TV having hoped for Shattners death.

Oh my.

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The dickhead has landed. 

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1 minute ago, Fuck Tim Beck said:

The dickhead has landed. 

reminds me of what the leper told the whore after fucking her....

 

 

 

 

.... keep the tip

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Bezos wearing a flight suit, aviators, and cowboy boots...

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kirks toupee came off in zero g...

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Did Shatner not have any family show up for this?  

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Shatner: I should have went with SpaceX.

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I think most of the original cast is dead Jim

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10 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

What the fuck is she babbling about stories and art coming out of this?

for fuck's sake, they were weightless for a few minutes. 

Alan Bean ain't getting out of that capsule.

Yeah, i realize that the word astronaut is just a word, but it seems criminal to use the same descriptor for these yahoos as we do shuttle crews, apollo crews, etc...

Also, lulz at Bezos throwing on the same blue uni. 

Also, also, Shatner may blow Bezos on camera.

Edited October 13, 2021 by Blotto

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I think Shatner is making a documentary of this trip. 

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1 minute ago, Blotto said:

Yeah, i realize that the word astronaut is just a word, but it seems criminal to use the same descriptor for these yahoos as we do shuttle crews, apollo crews, etc...

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man he's emotional about this...

"everybody in the world should experience this...i hope i never recover from this feeling."

pretty cool.

Edited October 13, 2021 by mchookem

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1 minute ago, mchookem said:

man he's emotional about this...

"everybody in the world should experience this...i hope i never recover from this feeling."

pretty cool.

make it an amazon prime member benefit, and I may consider it

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Just now, Blotto said:

make it an amazon prime member benefit, and I may consider it

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Edit: Poor taste.

Edited October 13, 2021 by atomheartbevo

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Anybody check the capsule for tribbles yet?

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3 minutes ago, WBT said:

Anybody check the capsule for tribbles yet?

Would have been awesome if they opened the hatch and somebody pushed some out onto the steps.

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Yeah, everyone else was jumping around and screaming and he really needed to just walk to the side and quietly contemplate the experience. It was clear he was pretty moved. 
 

Bezos looks like a villain from the next Austin Powers movie. 

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

If anybody is in Van Horn in West Texas, are you all able to watch it?

 

 

Used to be you could drive out on Highway whatever north of Van Horn and see the rocket from the road (couldn't actually see it on the launchpad) after it gained some altitude. Then they stopped announcing the test launches in advance, probably because of the clusterfuck of on-lookers on a public HW. I would bet that now they are probably closing the HW to everyone but local traffic around launch time. Local traffic would be Blue Origin employees and maybe Old Rancher Joe pulling his trailer at 35 mph.

Its still an hour or so from Van Horn, so I doubt you could see much from town during the day.

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22 minutes ago, Txzen said:

Bezos looks like a villain from the next Austin Powers movie. 

I mean, he is.

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1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

That was pretty cool to watch.  

The adventures of the Starship Enterpenis NC-17, boldly going where no man has gone before, at least not without dinner and drinks first.

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1 hour ago, ChickenNuggets said:

somewhere Sulu is furiously watching the TV having hoped for Shattners death.

Sulu is fantasizing about riding a giant penis in space. Also, he may have interest in riding on Bezos’ rocket. 

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2 hours ago, Blotto said:

Yeah, i realize that the word astronaut is just a word, but it seems criminal to use the same descriptor for these yahoos as we do shuttle crews, apollo crews, etc...

Also, lulz at Bezos throwing on the same blue uni. 

Also, also, Shatner may blow Bezos on camera.

Astrotourist

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Isn’t there a weight limit to break gravity’s grip?

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Yeah, i realize that the word astronaut is just a word, but it seems criminal to use the same descriptor for these yahoos as we do shuttle crews, apollo crews, etc...
Also, lulz at Bezos throwing on the same blue uni. 
Also, also, Shatner may blow Bezos on camera.

On a long enough timeline everything becomes commonplace. How many people summit Everest every year now?

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20 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

On a long enough timeline everything becomes commonplace. How many people summit Everest every year now?

What are you thinking, Astrogliders?

Edited October 13, 2021 by Bevo

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His album 'Has Been' is a legit underrated gem 

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Seriously though, why did they make it look like a dick? They knew it looked like a dick on paper. Why did they do that? Was it to make sure it would make the rounds everywhere? All attention is good attention maybe? His toy  looks like a fucking dick and that's all I can think of when I think of Bezos now.

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Was pretty cool to see him so emotionally overwhelmed by the experience.   Had I won powerball last week, damn straight I would’ve wasted $25mm or whatever on rocket boosters and blow.   

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I’d like to see a pic of his toupee floating free in zero gravity. 

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56 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

On a long enough timeline everything becomes commonplace. How many people summit Everest every year now?

Not a lot. This is way easier than summiting Everest - and a lot fucking safer. 

Your point remains, though.

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10 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Not a lot. This is way easier than summiting Everest - and a lot fucking safer. 

Your point remains, though.

I'd be good with getting to the base, having a giant plug of Redman, and leaving my stain for the rest of the world to see......much like we all do here on Surly.  

Edited October 13, 2021 by BabaYaga

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41 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Seriously though, why did they make it look like a dick?

 

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1 minute ago, BabaYaga said:

I'd be good with getting to the base, having a giant plug of Redman, and leaving my stain for the rest of the world to see......much like we all do here on Surly.  

There's so many great climbs around the world that are 99.9% safe if you're in decent shape and aren't a moron. Hell, there's dozens in Colorado. 

The problem with Everest is that when things go bad they go really bad. And you can be an expert and have the best guides in the world and things can still go bad. 

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3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

aren't a moron

Well, furk.....

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1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

Was pretty cool to see him so emotionally overwhelmed by the experience.   Had I won powerball last week, damn straight I would’ve wasted $25mm or whatever on rocket boosters and blow.   

Yeah, that was extremely cool. Props to him for being openly emotional about it.

If I'd don the lottery thing, I'd opt for a SpaceX flight.