OK, so William Shatner just became the oldest man ever in space when he took a short hop on Jeff Bezos' flying space penis.
Upon returning the Star Trek actor waxed philosophical about the need to protect the Earth, which is actually a bit deeper than I had expected:
William Shatner came back to Earth "overwhelmed" with the value of life on our planet, he said in a recent interview.
The actor and comedian, best known for playing Captain James T. Kirk on "The Original Series" of "Star Trek" (1966 to 1969, and several movies), was the starring crew member on Blue Origin's NS-18 suborbital flight that launched and landed Wednesday (Oct. 13).
In an interview with NBC's "Today" on Thursday (Oct. 14), Shatner said he was "overwhelmed" with the view out the window of the New Shepard spacecraft and what he perceived as a contrast between the "life" on Earth and the "death" he saw in space, echoing comments he made shortly after landing.
"We need to take care of the planet, but it's so fragile," he said. "There's this little tiny blue skin that is 50 miles wide, and we pollute it, and it's our means of living."
Still, it's basically just a marketing gimmick from Jeff Bezos and his Evil Minions™, and means little in the greater scheme of things.
*Not my joke. It's adapted from a joke DC made on the Stellar Parthenon BBS.
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