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Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 4th, 2021, 5:23 pm
by kiloran
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58792761At 90 years old, one wonders if his body can handle the strain
--kiloran
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 4th, 2021, 5:54 pm
by AsleepInYorkshire
kiloran wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58792761
At 90 years old, one wonders if his body can handle the strain
--kiloran
When 90 years old you reach, look as good you will not
AiY
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 4th, 2021, 6:48 pm
by AleisterCrowley
He did the best ever cover version of a Pulp song (with some help from Joe Jackson)
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 4th, 2021, 7:05 pm
by MrFoolish
He feels... young.
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 4th, 2021, 8:15 pm
by pje16
Doesn't that make him a p*rv
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 4th, 2021, 8:36 pm
by UncleEbenezer
MrFoolish wrote:He feels... young.
And why shouldn't he? In an age when you can identify as your choice of sex, why not also your choice of age?
You'll recollect, at the start of covid, I decided to identify as a young woman. So that if I got the lurgy I'd not be in danger from it. It worked: I'm still here
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 4th, 2021, 11:18 pm
by simsqu
I note that the headline says "Bezos...to send William Shatner into space"
I wonder if anyone has told Mr Shatner?
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 5th, 2021, 10:47 am
by Markab01
Or will they just throw him over some random garden gate, take picture of a rocket and claim that they delivered?
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 5th, 2021, 12:37 pm
by servodude
That rocket's bad enough with the way it looks
- after this folk will claim it smells terrible also...
.. because William Shatner!
-sd
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 5th, 2021, 1:03 pm
by stevensfo
kiloran wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58792761
At 90 years old, one wonders if his body can handle the strain
--kiloran
As with the previous flight, the October voyage is expected to last about 10 minutes and will take the crew just beyond the Karman Line - the most widely recognised boundary of space which lies 100km (60 miles) above the Earth.
100km is 'in space' ?? On a globe of the world, you're barely above your fingerprints!
Sir Richard told The Sun newspaper at the time it was because Shatner has a fear of flying. But in 2011 the actor said he had turned down the offer because the billionaire allegedly wanted him to pay for the journey.
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Steve
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 6:12 am
by Itsallaguess
Today's '
New Shepherd' mission is due to lift off some time this afternoon and can be watched live using the following link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEhdlIor-doIt's currently due to lift off around 3pm BST, but there's a live clock update on the above YouTube stream which will hopefully confirm that a little nearer the time.
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 8:48 am
by jfgw
servodude wrote:That rocket's bad enough with the way it looks
- after this folk will claim it smells terrible also...
.. because William Shatner!
-sd
I expect that he will use the ladies' toilet before he boards:
"To boldly go where no man has gone before ".
Julian F. G. W.
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 8:52 am
by pje16
I guess as I saw the moon landings I just cannot get exclted about only going 60 miles into so called "space"
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 10:36 am
by XFool
pje16 wrote:I guess as I saw the moon landings I just cannot get exclted about only going 60 miles into so called "space"
Yeah? But then, when you think about it, we have been "in space" all of our lives...
"
We're gonna need a bigger spaceship."
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 10:45 am
by pje16
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 1:33 pm
by jfgw
Brian Cox: 0 — Stephen Hawking: 1.
https://youtu.be/fqBThWK8rqE?t=169Julian F. G. W.
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 3:40 pm
by Itsallaguess
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 3:42 pm
by bungeejumper
Thanks pje, I really needed that!
BJ
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 4:11 pm
by XFool
...He's back!
Re: Beam me up, Scotty
Posted: October 13th, 2021, 4:13 pm
by pje16
what a song and dance for 15 minutes