{"id":118446,"date":"2021-10-13T12:47:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118446"},"modified":"2021-10-13T12:47:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:47:15","slug":"william-shatner-sets-new-record-as-oldest-man-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=118446","title":{"rendered":"William Shatner sets new record as oldest man in space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shatner-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-117836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shatner-comp-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shatner-comp-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shatner-comp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shatner-comp.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>William Shatner has just completed his trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin. The suborbital flight did not render the 90 year old actor, most famous for playing Captain James Tiberius Kirk on Star Trek, speechless. Quite the contrary. He waxed eloquent for quite some time on the beauty of the experience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/william-shatner-blue-origin-space-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News has the video<\/a>, some highlights from the transcript;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It was so moving to me,&#8221; Shatner said after landing. &#8220;This experience is something unbelievable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he was overwhelmed, and that Bezos has given him the most profound experience he can imagine. &#8220;I&#8217;m so filled with emotion about what just happened &#8230; it&#8217;s extraordinary,&#8221; he told Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope I never recover from this. I hope that I can maintain what I feel now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to lose it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch the video. He just goes on and on. It&#8217;s magnificent.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gI5bTKwDpoM\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shatner took the record of oldest person in space from 82-year old Wally Funk, who held the record since her flight on Blue Origin&#8217;s previous flight in July of this year that took Bezos along.<\/p>\n<p>Now Bill Shatner can really lay claim to being a <em>&#8220;Rocket Man.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lul-Y8vSr0I?start=51\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Shatner has just completed his trip to space aboard Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin. 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