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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?"
Oh come on, everyone knows there's no weight in space
Sure, there's no apparent weight once in a freefalling orbit. But it still takes energy to lift payload out of Earth's gravity well into freefall, and it takes fuel to provide this energy, and it takes energy to lift the fuel...
From MS ? Damn I sure do hope the ship's central computer will not run Windows 2020 SP45 !
They should probably let Shatner on for free (or at least for an endorsment contract). The marketing here basically writes itself.
I wonder when nations will begin requiring national registration for spacecraft (ie - HMS Bounty)... I know the shuttles are "Registered" as US planes, but VSS implies that Virgin is vying for "autonomy" as a space venture. So is "The Corporation" (ala Aliens Trilogy) Virgin,Inc.?
meh
They're hardly starting a space program, just buying into Scaled Composites'
Such an event would be a fitting tribute to the television show that inspired a generation of engineers and astrophysicists.
As if. What about the *great* astrophysicists and engineers of the generation that existed right when Trek was going on the air, do you think maybe they deserve some credit?
Attraction to science fiction and science are extensions of the same basic curiosity, so a strong correlation with kids who were science fiction fans becoming scientists might not be cause and effect, but two effects with the same cause.
In any case, the key actors of "Star Trek" were not responsible for coming up with the concept or writing the scripts. They were hired through casting to playact, that's all. They may as well invite the animation cels from the animated series. Harlan Ellison and Majel Barrett deserve to be on that ship a lot more than the actors do, as far as surviving creators go.
You're complaining, on Slashdot, about the only UK train operator that provides laptop power points at every seat?
(And try the cookies -- yum!)
I've got the new album by Shatner. It's freaking wonderful. It's funny, witty, poignant, sad, truthful, and just plain good. I was pleasantly surprised. As was Boing Boing where I got the heads up and a link to the song 'Common People.' I think the song on his CD called 'Has Been' sums it up nicely. It says he is out there still trying and if he's a 'has been' - that means he was something, accomplished something and at least for him- he's still out there trying. Those who have fun criticising and making fun are often 'Never Was' people. Oh- and the character he's playing in that new show of his- he won an Emmy for it. Must be fairly good acting then eh? And by the way, I find the Priceline commercials funny and entertaining.
Enjoy your Karma, after all you earned it. Feel your Karma Joe, feel it burn.
Don't laugh. Southwest Airlines is charging double for people who can't fit into a single seat. Why don't they offer a variety of seat sizes? One-size-fits-all is stupid. Bowling alleys usually don't charge extra for bigger bowling shoes.
Table-ized A.I.
I saw him with Joe Jackson on Leno last night as well, and I thought it awesome. I'd drive to memphis to see the two of them if they went on tour.
Stocking a pair of size 13's doesn't usually mean you're forced to throw out two pairs of size 7's, unlike airplane seats.
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