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Captain Kirk Finally Gets To Go Into Space For Real

by lanfear63
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William Shatner is going to space via a Jeff Bezos Rocket. This will make him the worlds oldest man to do this. He is 90 years old.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58792761
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    At his age, taking risks is the way to go....I hope he gets there...and back.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      At his age, taking risks is the way to go....I hope he gets there...and back.
      There are no bathrooms in this capsule so I hope he does not get an attack of the Klingon's
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  • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

    William Shatner is going to space via a Jeff Bezos Rocket. This will make him the worlds oldest man to do this. He is 90 years old.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58792761
    I can't believe that G forces going up, and the weightlessness could be good for him.
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      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      I can't believe that G forces going up, and the weightlessness could be good for him.
      Don't worry, he told the Press that he will be wearing his G String
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    The man looks incredible to be 90. Good luck to him
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  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    Update, William Shatner, Captain Kirk, has been to space. To boldly go for 10 minutes, he boldly went. Congrats Bill. He rants about it's amazingness for a while.

    Watch.. https://youtu.be/YgdoeXnbDXc
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    His speech about how amazing it was is pure Shatner...on and on and on.


    What a brilliant piece of marketing that was....inviting shatner along for the ride.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      His speech about how amazing it was is pure Shatner...on and on and on.


      What a brilliant piece of marketing that was....inviting shatner along for the ride.
      Darn it, I should have said it first. Yup. A world paid attention for that one single reason, Captain Kirk was going into space.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Darn it, I should have said it first.
        There are some interesting implications in the phrasing of that sentence, Mr. Whitacre.
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

          There are some interesting implications in the phrasing of that sentence, Mr. Whitacre.
          That's right, it's Mister Whitacre to you.
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            That's right, it's Mister Whitacre to you.
            Mister in public, Master in the Boudoir
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          • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            That's right, it's Mister Whitacre to you.
            Is there any specific reason why Kay shouldn't have thought of it before you? Hmmm...
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            • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
              Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

              Is there any specific reason why Kay shouldn't have thought of it before you? Hmmm...
              You mean because she is a woman? A woman who should stay in the kitchen fixing you a sandwich?

              I can't believe you would say such a thing. You should be ashamed of yourself.





              Seriously, I posted before she mentioned it, and I didn't think of it. That's what I was saying.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    Sometimes I do a drive by just to punch a hole in a bubble of pomposity...but this wasn't one of them.


    I just thought of it FIRST....so there, MISTER Whitacre....


    Mister in public, Master in the Boudoir
    I have to ask - you know this...how????
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      Sometimes I do a drive by just to punch a hole in a bubble of pomposity...but this wasn't one of them.


      I just thought of it FIRST....so there, MISTER Whitacre....



      I have to ask - you know this...how????
      Claude is the Master

      Dan is one of the Little People

      And I have some Peep Holes
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

      Sometimes I do a drive by just to punch a hole in a bubble of pomposity...but this wasn't one of them.


      I just thought of it FIRST....so there, MISTER Whitacre....
      Yes, of course Ms. King.

      You did think of it first, exactly like I said...which of course you knew, because you are smart.....um....smarter than I am.

      Ha! I sure dodged that bullet!

      Claude "The Woman Whisperer" Whitacre.
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    Speaking of William Shatner he will be a host again for the History Channel's show Unexplained on Friday Nights starting Nov 5,2021 - [URL="https://www.history.com/shows/the-unxplained"] That should have some appeal to a few of you.

    He was on the cover of a Magazine about 2 years ago. Think it was AARP explaining is work schedule. Good to see he is still healthy and productive at his age.
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    Despite the trials an 'tribblations of speculative tech, here's proof we can blast irony into space with the certainty of an armor-plated hardon.

    Hey, but who needs saucahs spinnin' laterally into the beyond when you gaht a billion dollah prepuce squirtin' out all nooz kinda yondah?

    Stoopid thing is, if'n your granma can't get no discount coupon for the finessed version of this miraculous service by (mebbe) 2029, likely this is a publicity shunt.

    Jus' gotta wondah whether Bezos dreamed of a Kirk/Spock flypast before his supah cool tech arrived on the scene post fictional Vulcan demise.

    Hey, yeah, an' what 'bout the zillion & one anonymous Klingon guys who inspired evrywan to defend 'emselves against all dark kinda evil?

    When they gettin' their turn?

    Gotta hope there ain't no Biggah Dick prototype gonna launch soon to test the watah for families, sports associations, an' morally deprived cults big on spectacle desire.

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  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    Fun fact: Riding Horses in space is impossible

    It has zero G,G's
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    Number of posts it took to devolve into a Riffle, Whitacre, Mark love triangle? (With Mrs. King egging us on)

    10.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Number of posts it took to devolve into a Riffle, Whitacre, Mark love triangle? (With Mrs. King egging us on)

      10.
      It's like a verbal doubles tennis match except it includes Billy Jean King who changes sides on a whim. Frank Donovan is the Umpire.
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      Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

      Number of posts it took to devolve into a Riffle, Whitacre, Mark love triangle? (With Mrs. King egging us on)

      10.
      If we're being completely honest, the thread was off track by post 3.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    Riding Horses in space is impossible

    Which is why though I'd love to visit space, wouldn't want to stay long.


    (With Ms. King egging us on)

    That's my job - it's what I do best.
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    Takei, 84, called his 90-year-old former Star Trek co-star a "guinea pig" for elderly people in space.

    The two have publicly sparred for decades.

    I totally missed this. There was drama on The Enterprise?

    A vision for a Federation of Planets but turmoil on Planet earth?
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by Profit Traveler View Post

      Takei, 84, called his 90-year-old former Star Trek co-star a "guinea pig" for elderly people in space.

      The two have publicly sparred for decades.

      I totally missed this. There was drama on The Enterprise?

      A vision for a Federation of Planets but turmoil on Planet earth?
      "Takei, 84, called his 90-year-old former Star Trek co-star a "guinea pig" for elderly people in space."

      He certainly looks like one. Ohhh Myyyy
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    Forever ending the Kirk v. Picard controversy. One has actually been to space.
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