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Shatner Aims for Real 'Star Trek'
swight1701 writes "William Shatner wants to boldly go where he's only pretended to go so far. The 'Star Trek' star is among more than 7,000 people who have told Richard Branson they would gladly pay him $210,000 (£115,000) for a trip aboard his planned spacecraft. In all, more than $1.45 billion (£800 million) has been pledged -- years before the Virgin Galactic spaceship is even built, Branson said. I wonder did Shatner sign up because the first ship will be the VSS Enterprise?"
...based on weight considerations.
Maybe there will be an energy disturbance and he can enter 'the nexus' thus preserving Shatner for future generations.
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Yeah, well, if Richard Branson's spaceships are anything like his trains, it'll be stuffy, under-manned, and nine hours late... that's if it doesn't break down two miles outside Birmingham. Oh, and the sandwiches suck.
I bet he gets space sick first time up.
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It'd be a damn shame if when you check in you were given an aisle seat.
Hey, steward, what's that thing on the wing?
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Yeah damn. Way to get rid of them all in one shot... I mean, you know, if something were to go wrong.
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The real question is, will they be wearing Virigin's RED SHIRTS during the flight?
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No weight, technically, but his own microgravity, if it even needs the micro-, might cause problems for the onboard equipment.
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'To boldy go where no Shatner has been before'
Hrmmm
Visual Source Safe Enterprise.
AKA: Words that should not be used together.
Have you ever noticed that Kirk's hairline was receding during the TV show and that, amazingly, he had more hair in the later Star Trek movies. I say charge him $200K for the ride and $50K more if he wants to bring his hair.
I think everyone, including Shatner, who sings like Shatner, should go in to space.
Oh they're bringing him back? Darn.
Branson's ship was impeccably clean... until William Shatner. *groan*
This is a really bad idea. You know at the first sign of trouble he's going to be "taking command."
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
I can just see it now, the people producing the TV series "Star Trek: Enterprise" are going to change the opening sequence of historical ships name "Enterprise" to include the VSS model.
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It would be cool to go up into space with Captain Kirk. Maybe I could convince him to put on the star trek unform and have him wrestle a green aliens.
You know, those wacky Shatnerologists.
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After almost getting ejected from the flight for insisting that the crew calls him "Admiral", he'll assume command, citing a crisis on the Genesis planet.
I smell trouble, we all know how captain Kirk loved Virgins, especially Green ones!
VSS Enterprise? Isn't that from the Evil Mirror universe or something? Will Shatner have to grow a goatee to fly? :)
As long as he doesn't grow a goatse.
I wonder if they'll let him sit in a captains seat.
"Scotty, beam them aboard!"
"Um...sir, I'm not Scotty...and you're not even a captain....."
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how long before kirk gets on the intercom and proclaims - " Scotty, we need warp speed in 5 minutes or we`re all dead "
Pilot: Uh, we seem to be having a problem with our external controls.
Shatner: Oh great. Well, just beam us out then.
Pilot: Uh, we don't have transporters in here, sir.
Shatner: Then, go to warp!
Pilot: We don't have warp either.
Shatner: What?! What kind of double dumbship is this bucket of bolts? And you ain't no Scotty!
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he'll beat that $210,000 fare if he uses that PriceLine thingy he works for....
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It takes fuel to lift the fuel, which takes fuel to lift, which takes fuel to lift, which takes fuel to lift, which takes fuel to--STACK OVERFLOW
They print their own money. Duh.
Shatner != good singing! Did you also buy the new album by the singing howler monkey too?
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...he can get a chance to perform music for real.