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Happy 80th Birthday, William Shatner!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the say-the-other-guys-thing dept.

gregg writes "Today another geek legend celebrates a birthday. Best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk, William Shatner has cemented himself into geek science fiction lore forever. Today he begins his ninth decade on this planet — yes, Captain Kirk is now 80 years old."

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  1. OK, maybe I'm a bit grumpy today. by ScientiaPotentiaEst · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why is it every time there's an article posted in connection with some soap opera in space, so many /. denizens are all over it with 100's of posts. Yet whenever there's an article on the real thing (space probes, man in space, deep space observation, etc.), either there are only a few tens of posts (many frivolous), and/or there's actual opposition (waste of money, rich bastards in space, etc.).

    Fun and entertaining as he is (and indeed, happy birthday to the man), Shatner is an actor. Neil Armstrong, Wernher von Braun, Burt Rutan, Carl Sagan are/were the real deal - scientists, engineers, astronauts.

    Of course, I might be jumping the gun. Perhaps this article will garner few posts.

    Why is my karma going up in smoke? :-)