at the inaugural flight with his brother a couple of months ago in july. it does seem the clock is now taking again after that brief pause. this is a highly anticipated launch. largely because, of course, william shatner, at the age of 90, will be on board. if it doesn t go ahead, he will become the oldest person ever to travel to the edge of space. if it does go ahead. beamed into many people s homes, this has captured the imagination of millions of people of a future space explorers and a star trek fans as well, one of whom, a superfan, jeff bezos himself. well, one of whom, a super fan, jeff bezos himself. bezos himself. fascinating to hear that jeff base bezos himself. fascinating to hear that jeff base is, bezos himself. fascinating to hear that jeff base is, is bezos himself. fascinating to hear that jeff base is, is what bezos himself. fascinating to hear that jeff base is, is what is - bezos himself. fascinating to hear that jeff base is, is what is the i thatjeff b
half an hour to go? yes, half an hour to go- half an hour to go? yes, half an hour to go- we half an hour to go? yes, half an hour to go. we got half an hour to go? yes, half an hour to go. we got to half an hour to go? yes, half an hour to go. we got to d-45, i half an hour to go? yes, half an hour to go. we got to d-45, sol half an hour to go? yes, half an i hour to go. we got to d-45, so 45 hour to go. we got to d 45, so 45 minutes before the scheduled take off and it was put on hold for just under half an hour. we do not have the official confirmation of where that was. the weather here is good, it was postponed already by 24 hours, was supposed to have taken place yesterday, but the clock is now taking again and i believe it is william shatner along with the other three passengers on this flight, only the second flight to carry human passengers to the edge of space by blue origin are now about to board the capsule. after that happens, just under half an hour before take of
owned byjeff bezos. this is blue origin rocket lifting off in texas. william shatner was one of five on board the being a former nasa engineer and three executives from different companies. and then as you can see the parachutes deployed safely and the crew were back on earth 12 minutes later. for 3 of those minutes, they d experienced weightlessness as they up around 100 kilometres and beyond the boundary of space. here s william shatner, speaking tojeff bezos, minutes after returning to earth. what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i am so filled with emotion about what just happened. ijust, it s
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