'The most profound experience I can imagine': Emotional William Shatner recounts space trip

Actor William Shatner speaks with Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after landing from a sub-orbital space flight aboard the New Shepard.
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[@omarfrancis908]

Shatner being deep and philosophical and the rest of them popping champagne just shows you the absolute best and worst of humanity all at once.

[@douglaslett7504]

In shatner you see the wisdom of age and the maturity of being 90 years old ! He not only is the oldest person to go into space, he is not a professional astronaut as John Glenn was. His discription of going into space was the best I ever heard and I remember the Apollo program !

[@rsjrx]

Ah yes, people who survived something pretty high risk having different emotional responses. Definitely the worst of humanity. Grow up my child.

[@BarriePoole]

also zero respect for their elders,

[@kpepperl319]

Generational difference... Someone having a profound understanding of life... and then a bunch of idiots celebrating themselves and want to post on Facebook as quickly as possible

[@tarapadme8808]

Absolutely glad Shatner went there.

[@elizabethmcgreevy]

The difference between wisdom and youth: profound revelations vs. champagne and screaming

[@elizabethplasencia8116]

Precisely my thoughts!

[@ARCSTREAMS]

indeed they did not fully take and grasp the experience and the whole meaning of what they went through and i was like shut up(over the screaming) im trying to hear this lol

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@Gunnar Nelson i actually found more respect for him in how he was interacting with shatner ,a piece of his humanity was shining through a bit there so i dont agree fully with you

[@jackdshellback3819]

He's Canadian.

[@fryan2485]

Na, I found it pretty cringe that he just start talking. Everyone adrenalines pumping, and he just turn the attention to himself. You'll have plenty of time after to discuss your feeling.

[@marcodavinci3150]

Hearing the wonder in William Shatner's words while others are celebrating as if it's a bachelorette really makes you realize that he's the only one who really gets what this experience means for humanity as a whole and confirms that in his heart he really is our Captain Kirk! It's a shame we could barely hear him as the others were screaming and laughing so much.

[@elijahgavin6706]

It’s a beautiful representation of the wisdom of age vs. the carelessness of youth

[@Jamesseekstruth]

@@elijahgavin6706 Youth?..most of the people there were 40 + , I think it shows something else.. to do with character, yes his advanced age would make it more profound for him but they should shut up and listen to him .. all of us should..listen to our elders , then party . Came off disrespectful.

[@WesleyPipes-wc3gl]

Shatner trying to explain his experience while bezos and everyone else acts like children lol

[@jpmorgan187]

so cringey. let the damn man speak.

[@georgemcneal9297]

@@jpmorgan187 they haven't lived long enough and he's telling them how fragile life is.

[@marpro765]

The others are acting like shallow, entitled, obnoxious, spoiled selfish brats. They have absolutely no understanding of the profundity of what they just experienced. The fragility of our planet and the clear and present danger to all life with the forthcoming human caused geoclimatic earth changes. All life is at risk. Our gift, our earth must be protected and cherished. Thank you William Shatner. ❤️

[@worf7271]

Shatner is the most youthful looking 90 year old I have ever seen.

[@georgia5942]

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[@lindastruckus776]

Botox, baby!

[@MrGriff305]

Agreed he looks about 70, which is excellent.

[@Chereese0808]

Lots of plastic surgery, however he does seem to have good genes. Young at heart for sure.

[@robjohnston1433]

Worf Hey!!! INSENSITIVE!!! What about US who are 64 but LOOK 90?!?!

[@edgarmezavids]

Bless Shatner, everyone else is acting like they're just at Six Flags.

[@deeda853]

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[@Eiraart]

Amen

[@AWAL76]

My thoughts EXACTLY!

[@AzaleaLuna]

That was my thought. Thanks goodness Shatner was more reflective. God speed Captain Kirk.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

yeah i noticed that with younger ppl they do not seem to take in details of the event and what they went through

[@Eiraart]

-Jeff completely ignores William cause he hears some cackling hens acting like a bunch of kids on spring break

[@jeremykemp3782]

I know, how bloody rude of Jeff. He should have listened to what he had to say. Not wait till all of them had finished cackling as you said.

[@burstreviews8336]

Cackling hens. 😂 spot on abe.

[@chewyjello1]

Cackling, shallow, Jersey Shore, hens.

[@chewyjello1]

@@callumconnolly6665 Bezos wasn't doing anyone any favors. He did this for one reason only...publicity and self promotion. Okay I guess that's two reasons lol.

[@baldGUYYY]

Forget the party rude boys... I still cried seeing Cpt Kirk crying for being in space for the first time and word it in such a beautiful way.

[@daneoman1000]

They were mainly rude women.

[@thresher455]

the only one in the group that had a profound sense of self. what a humble man.

[@donaldstanfield8862]

The others blathering away, like idiots....

[@optimusprinceps3526]

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[@optimusprinceps3526]

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[@drewtube5031]

@@optimusprinceps3526 Trump lost, loser. Get over it.

[@joepierson3859]

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[@therealformicula]

It was heart breaking to see and hear those screaming partypeople while Mr. Shatner wanted to just have a moment to realize what just happened. They all should be ashamed.

[@revanminnam5512]

I think the other people who went to space can celebrate however they want, but Bezos was very disrespectful while Shatner was trying to reflect on what he just experienced.

[@simonnomis5302]

@@revanminnam5512 really all the females laughing out loud? come on he is a true icon and deserves respect...show some respect idiots..

[@CaminoAir]

@@revanminnam5512 Agreed. I think Bezos was probably thinking of the amount of money he'll be generating from these space trips and the opportunity to publicize them that he had at that moment. I was trying to concentrate on what Shatner had to say. Particularly at his age, his words (while his life is inevitably drawing to a close) would have carried significant meaning.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Fascinating

[@optimusprinceps3526]

@@simonnomis5302 Well Captain Janeway never laughed out loud

[@scee7492]

Mr. Shatner is truly the Captain we’ve all aspired to aspire to. The only thing missing was Leonard & DeForest.

[@angusmcnab]

Imagine if they had all gone up together! 😳😔

[@jedisenshi5510]

Don't forget James Doohan, Grace Whitney and all the others that are missing.

[@whitewolf6605]

Don't forget James!

[@scottkfilgo]

Nimoy and Kelly were there in spirit for sure! Not to mention the others in Shatner's life who've passed.

[@mrdeathgaming1457]

Shame the whole crew wasn't in the capsule :(

[@darkwood777]

Sad that Bill had no one to welcome him back, but this is a big part of reaching the age of 90 and seeing all of your closest friends pass away before you. I think this underscores his emotions and comments about the fragility of life on planet Earth. Bill, we were watching you and welcoming you back virtually. Glad it was a smooth flight and something you will forever remember.

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Some of his old "crew" like George Takei are still alive. Surprising that he (Takei) hasn't really made any comments about this. Maybe they don't get along.

[@ddesa123]

I believe his wife was there and hugged him

[@peecful1]

He has family and friends.

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

@@ChrisAlbertH47 Knowing George Takei twitter I expect he wasn't invited by the CEO of Amazon.

[@sexualharassment_panda]

@@ChrisAlbertH47 George and him do not get along. There were some things said about Shatner's behavior on Star Trek and Shatner's attitude toward George being gay. It's been awhile so I don't remember specifics but they don't like each other.

[@touncy1533]

glad shatner kept pointing out how thin our atmosphere really is, how delicate it is

[@georgia5942]

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[@lindastruckus776]

Wish he would try to carry that message to the oligarchs.

[@toobig7821]

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[@normanlevesque]

Almost all weather phenomena happens in the first 10km. In other words, 90% of the atmospheric gas is in those 10km.

[@4saken404]

Yeah the first half of the atmosphere is just in the first 3.5 miles. Once you get to 30 miles or so there's almost nothing. We see the blue sky and it looks like it goes on forever but really it's just a thin sheen.

[@kwiktriprules]

Shatner is the only one humble about the experience. The rest are like "look at me look at me"

[@onbold3398]

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[@Ravenknight1945]

Now he understand those words he has said in his career, “Space…the final frontier…these are the voyages…I am so glad he had the opportunity to do this.

[@derektaylor1527]

I thought he had 3 ears a left a right and a final front ear

[@RM_VFX]

Captain Kirk: Gives the greatest captain's speech ever. Everyone else: Woooooooooo! RoboBezos: It's so beautiful your words beep boop

[@nandfednu3502]

spectacle and madness, the empty chaos of money, doom, shackles, and illusion

[@spacemanjupiter]

The stark difference between Cap Kirk's profound response to the experience and everyone else's reminds us all that there are levels to this, being human.

[@StingWolfpack]

we live in the time of idiocracy

[@chewyjello1]

Ain't that the truth.

[@jerrystuch6723]

It’s too bad he couldn’t have shared this with Leonard Nimoy. I know the Nimoys had some sort of falling out with William. But even to be able to tell him over the phone he would’ve loved. R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy. (Spock)❤️❤️😢😢

[@AndrewPlitt]

I love how Mr. Shatner was so profoundly moved by his experience that he never seemed fully satisfied with his description of his experience. "I hope I never recover from this." was definitely one of my favorite moments of this video. I look forward to future interviews with him after he has had more time to sit with this experience and process it, but the raw emotion he was experiencing and expressing in this video will probably never be conveyed adequately with words.

[@ohioken1]

That’s how I felt about my 1st skydiving experience. What he just did is 100 times more! I can only imagine.

[@Mirrorgirl492]

I can't wait for his spoken word performance of his collected thoughts on his experience. It will be profound.

[@janpaul777]

Tonight an interview with him and Cuomo about his experience at CNN if you want to hear more

[@ARCSTREAMS]

yup def looking forward to future interviews

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@ohioken1 ohh man i always wanted to do that specially after seeing the movie point break but last time i was on a roller coaster i lost my eye sight for a while and maybe almost blacked out so im worried i wont be able to handle free fall

[@linneahdalmus1978]

I'm in tears as Mr. Shatner expresses the fragility and beauty of this beloved planet we call home ~ EARTH~

[@joshm.9308]

The moment that Bill stepped off the capsule, you could really tell that he enjoyed this trip. Easily one of the best moments of the year to witness. Congratulations Bill!

[@jvs333]

It’s obvious this moment was a deeply spiritual experience for Shattner and in the background it’s just a party

[@DougKoper]

It worked

[@jvs333]

@@Xane_Dragon he looked into the abyss of reality

[@subs4794]

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[@faulker2p]

" I hope I never recover from this..."

[@georgia5942]

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[@gimmegimme383]

Hahahahahahaha 😂😂🤣👍👍

[@hawaiidispenser]

The man is a poet.

[@davemmar]

What a moment in human history. A visitor to space that made a living pretending he was in space. How ironic, but how beautiful.

[@hawaiidispenser]

Can you imagine the feeling when Shatner takes a nap later today and then wakes up and instantly feels everything all over again?

[@MooreDoing]

Wish everyone would celebrate somewhere else. Shatner sharing his experience is the news worthy part.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

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[@donaldstanfield8862]

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[@donaldstanfield8862]

The other idiots, whooping and shouting... No respect, whatsoever. Privileged @$$holes...

[@illkissyourightnow]

lol….the things people will bitch about on a keyboard is alvvays fantastically hilarious to watch

[@flafaloon]

He had a profound mystical experience, he will never be the same again.

[@Nofilter1976]

Not going to lie, I was driving in the truck listening to him and was crying like a baby. James T Kirk finally got his own space voyage. I thought Holy Shit, he is 90 what if he gets up there and tells them he wants to space walk and he could just push off and tell them " This is how I want to go". I don't think anyone would have stopped him, I sure couldn't.

[@user-ju6ir1ot6l]

I'm crying too lol. Its a little embarrassing.

[@lstruggy]

That might jeopardize the safety of the rest of the crew tho 🤨

[@onbold3398]

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[@Nofilter1976]

@@user-ju6ir1ot6l I hope he knows just how happy we are to see him go to space. Childhood hero and a following beyond comprehension. I hope he lives as long as he wants to but understands in our hearts he will never die.

[@JY-um4su]

I kid u not,I was driving in the truck doing the same thing as u did.

[@keithbell9348]

Sounds to me like Shatner, like so many other astronauts, has gained a heightened appreciation for what he had all along: LIFE down here on EARTH.

[@mrtwism]

You can really tell Jeff Bezos is missing an important part of his soul.

[@tenkenroo]

When you have that much money how can you be a normal human being. Shatner ya he’s wealthy but I think the guy has seen enough of people close to him die and is at an age where realizing mortality is coming to an end. Bezos probably thinks he is immortal but death comes for us all

[@DJBremen]

I mean honestly.

[@therealformicula]

Well said.

[@donnamiller6725]

I believe Shatner's age also has a lot to do with how much more emotional he was than his crew members. When you're Shatner's age, you've seen it all, so experiencing something so miraculous is going to impact you more profoundly than a younger person---especially as it relates to life and death. He is such an awesome human being.

[@bluorangefyre]

I know we make light of the fact that we just sent Captain James Tiberius Kirk into space for real. But his reaction is the most genuine for us. He knows at 90 he doesn't have the same amount of time left in this life than his crewmates. For them, their reactions were genuine for them. We may not think that, but as they get older, and they have grandchildren, space travel and tourism might be commonplace. But they'll get to share that the guy on the hundred-year-old TV show that Star Trek film #36 or something is based on rode with them on a rocket when it wasn't so common. How cool is that?

[@vsedai]

he is the first artist.

[@BirdDogg]

@@Xane_Dragon he’s given hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity. A better question is what are you doing for society

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

@@BirdDogg Ive NEVER heard of him giving anything.... name the charity !

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

@@Xane_Dragon he has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity. What have you done?

[@RubenHernandez-bh9wd]

Wow they way he blew off shatner while he's trying to talk. No respect.

[@420WEED69]

VALLEY girls from L.A. IN THE BACK GROUND 👎SHUT THE HELL UP LADIES

[@BBradshawProductions]

Jeff Bezos is too dumb to realize that William Shatner was giving him free advertisement and promotion at the moment.

[@manuelr1405]

that's what i say.. terrible Bozos all for show.

[@rileyk5228]

@Shauna Marie Shatner? He's Canadian

[@ayamurayama3961]

@@BBradshawProductions Jeff Bezos is soo dumb he’s a billionaire because of Amazon

[@parthpatel3887]

How empty do you have to be inside as a human being to experience such a profound moment and your reaction is to treat it like a happy hour.

[@the_united_republican]

Send more actors/poets/musicians/writers into space, and less champagne-spraying entitled rich people. Bezos could do humanity a giant favor by giving creatives constant free access to these flights, like save 1-2 seats each flight for artists. We need to hear about the earth and space from those who can articulate it well, like Shatner.

[@BulbaStorm]

This, this right here is the best thing I have read today. You just the the internet my dude. o7

[@roppa789]

Well we could all listen and watch the likes of Neil deGrasse Tyson who is extremely educated and very articulate talking about science and how we know what we know about earth, the stars, climate, vaccines. Unfortunately nearly half of all Americans have closed their ears to all this stuff and now anything there is evidence for they don’t believe but then believe stuff where there is no evidence. It’s staggering but true. Republicanism and evangelical Christianity are strangling the education of many, many people… but they ‘know’ they are right so why should they listen, study or believe? The earth is flat, we never stood on the moon, evolution hasn’t been shown as fact but creationism has, masks don’t work, vaccines are magnetised … and on and on and on…

[@patrikpass2962]

Those "artists" would be people like, Bidens son, or another rich insane person.

[@BulbaStorm]

@@patrikpass2962 feck that.

[@patrikpass2962]

@@roppa789 Im an atheist, and i think the vaccine mandates are insane. You should read history, i suggest about Hitler or Stalin, and the stages to dictatorship. It's not always about religious paranoia, sometimes people with power try to grab more power. Its your responsibility to care about your friends and family first, that will automatically care for the community, its not your responsibility to love the government in every situation, if you do, its just a matter of time before someone abuse it. And since we a dealing with medicine, you should be pretty damn sure before you alienate people who do think.

[@flafaloon]

Uhh shatner just had a profound mystical experience of what life and death is. He is blessed to have it.

[@asmaier78]

It seems he experienced the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_effect .

[@claudiocorleone7856]

Yes and able to talk about it . Scary stuff how he describes it from light to darkness.

[@flafaloon]

@@claudiocorleone7856 that darkness, it is YOU

[@justinmassoud4541]

William Shatner: thoughtful, emotional expression of the experience Jeff Bezos: gimme the champagne, man!

[@deeda853]

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[@LGranthamsHeir]

Anyone who disrespect Captain Kirk should be ashamed of themselves! 🙄

[@drewmcdowell1622]

Bezos, who already went, looks like he has no idea what Shatner is talking about.

[@CosmicTeapot]

Everyone can hear music but not everyone can truly listen. Sure, Bezos went to space, but like a duck hearing a Mahler Symphony, he wasn't really listening. He was simply a passive bystander. Shatner had his antenni fully deployed and actively soaked in the experience. While everyone else was goofing around in 0 G, Shatner was "listening".

[@tomasgomez1906]

@@CosmicTeapot Exactly, you get it

[@brentmarquez4157]

@@CosmicTeapot That's a great analogy of a duck hearing a Mahler Symphony. Maybe Bezos was all prepped up for a dumb loud 'woohoo' ceremony for the cameras and wasn't sure what to do when Shatner started. Either way this was a brilliant move to put Capt. Kirk up there and besides which, the more I watch this clip the more I realize how comedic it is.

[@bluet6898]

Shatner came back impressed and how small we are compared to the whole universe, he came back humbled and in awe👍🏼-☝🏼

[@jcarlosvg9]

Beautiful words from William Shatner. I felt like I was out there! Other people screaming like in a party shows that this experience was nothing for them!

[@Gabrielle499]

Exactly! ...it was a deeply profound experience for him. While everyone else is acting like they just got off space mountain at Disneyland

[@jd5514]

Shatner comments about the "blue mother earth", so true. We have only one!

[@rileyk5228]

Basically what most (or at least humane ones) people experience once up there. That we are small and insignificant and shouldn't be squabbling over stupid crap

[@jd5514]

@@Lara-ws3lh what does this has do with Biden?

[@lindastruckus776]

It’s a real shame these wealthy f*€ks won’t lift a finger to address climate reform within their corporations!

[@Pian0Mon]

"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, diverting myself in now & then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." ~ William Shatner I mean.... how can you not love this guy? Amazing. Good for him!

[@toadwar9300]

I cried when I read his quote out loud.

[@pacershark452]

This man is truly cut from a different cloth. The WONDER in his voice, the honesty. I like that he doesn't know quite how to express his experience. That means it wasn't staged.

[@amrosoronar1853]

How I wish Leonard Nimoy was still with us. He belongs up there. Live Long and Prosper

[@piamiller8052]

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[@nursebecky2006]

he is, and was probably sitting with Shatner in spirit!

[@TheBollysongs]

I thought the same.

[@lotstodo]

Mr too. One of the original cast had ashes sent to space, not sure who.

[@bluorangefyre]

@@lotstodo I believe both James Doohan and Gene Roddenberry had a portion of their ashes sent into space.

[@CornbreadOracle]

Those 3 people with William Shatner just got to see space with Captain James T. Kirk himself and not one of them seem to appreciate that.

[@pilotgal6191]

Wow. What everyone always thought was just theatrical drama from a trained stage actor was really a man in touch with his soul. If he had said, “Mine eyes have seen the Glory...” , it could not have been more moving. So glad you finally got out there, Bill.

[@biglog6402]

Should have just sent Bill up on his own. Beautiful words whilst the idiots whooped like kids after a fun ride at the fair. Respect to Bill Shatner. Mr Shatner is a legend in my book.

[@htcmrahim]

The rest of the party goers would do themselves a lot of good by gathering around Captain Kirk and learning something.

[@ProctorsGamble]

No. Self absorbed and oblivious to what just happened

[@jerryherrin6470]

They're EXTREMELY wealthy thanks to the hard work of others. You really think they give 2 red cents about Star Trek? When you wonder why this country can't afford a living minimum wage, it's because it all goes to these guys spraying champagne on each other in the desert for other people's achievements and them claiming all the benefit.

[@romithromith]

@@jerryherrin6470 We can hope they perceived the fragile thin layer of atmosphere like Shatner and put efforts and money into preserving it. More likely, to them this is just an amusement park ride for millionaires.

[@jerryherrin6470]

@@romithromith It's sick, really. You see all these millionaires raining champagne on each other after achieving 1/20th of what real men did in the 70's with slide rules for computers, while an elderly icon tries to be poetic about his experience. It's disgusting and a true representation of this country. The entitled wealthy, getting richer off their corporate welfare, blasting us workers in the face about achievements that they had ZERO HAND in achieving. It's ludicrous.

[@romithromith]

@@jerryherrin6470 Bezos is a posterboy for mistreating people in feeding his greed. I was disturbed but hardly surprised seeing him interrupt Shatner for the champagne nonsense. . On a different level there are the gullibly gifted among us deny that men walked on the moon, some professing the earth is flat. In their astrophysics rockets should go straight up like Bezos', and launches curving over the Atlantic are evidence they are fake and fall back in the ocean. One conspiracy theory is that the astronauts lost in the Challenger disaster are still alive, and having uncovered their new identities, the crackpots have harassed these people, and most sadly, the families of the lost heroes. . Meanwhile, here in Buffalo all workers at two Starbucks voted to unionize. The company immediately closed both stores, and transferred the employees to other locations.

[@SpencerWilliamsIV]

This is hilarious. A model of Shatner’s career: working very hard and sensitively to share profundity while everyone else just parties.

[@springbloom5940]

Devastatingly accurate

[@robdi4585]

I fully agree, I noticed the contrast as well as well. Very profound, indeed.

[@thomastmc]

The cast of Star Trek would absolutely disagree. He was a pompous arrogant jerk most of his life.

[@michelerenea6477]

I love this sweet, wise, wonderful and humble man!!🙏🙏🌷😊

[@springbloom5940]

@@thomastmc What you say is unimportant and we do not hear your words.

[@xiaogui666]

It seems Jeff didn’t show enough respect to captain, what Jeff wants is focus and show.

[@MountainDream]

Shatner's stunned, emotional, and humbling description, of this life-changing event, will be studied by dreamers, forever! It's unfortunate that such a historic, and profound moment, was marred by obnoxious laughter, and champagne toasts.

[@dztennessee9744]

Formula1 celebration like

[@steeledarren1973]

William Shatner summing up how most of us would feel after the trip he had today. Incredible ! So happy for him & the crew. ❤️

[@Kevin-iu8hl]

It's wonderful to see how much he enjoyed the experience in the end

[@trevorladouceur656]

Man, I wish I could have listened to William while he was trying to talk in the beginning

[@saffanu]

When you listen Bill's speech, you realize that the Kirk's character wos not only scripts ad acting, but a real and true part of William Shatner is inside him. Thanks Captain!

[@jpmorgan187]

well said. indeed.

[@AndrewLumsden]

Bezos is just plain rude to break away from Shatner to reach for that Champagne while Shatner was in full flow .

[@GTFBITK]

At least it's not surprising.

[@Lara-ws3lh]

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[@bobbybaucom9440]

But so much was going on behind him and Shatner seemed like he was going to talk at some length. Mr. Bezos was in a difficult situation. Under no circumstances would I speak disparagingly about these trips, but to go up and right back in 11 minutes is hardly a trip to space. Would I like to do it? Absolutely!

[@springbloom5940]

Well, Shatner isn't the only one who had an experience, you know.

[@Inglese001]

@Andrew Lumsden, maybe just having left the capsule Jeff was expecting everyone to celebrate for a while before reflecting on the experience. Later in this video he can be seen listening patiently to what William Shatner had to say, and showed much respect in doing so.

[@tinfoilhatnews7489]

William Shatner never thought the day would come he would be in space

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[@MzSuzy2698]

There will never be another Bill Shatner. We needed to hear about his experience. Good job Bezos! It was a stroke of genius to put Shatner on that craft.

[@Joe-hp8kb]

Damn, Shatner almost had me in tears! Such raw emotion, insight, and gratitude. How fitting that the man who gave inspiration to generations of people finally gets to go into space for real thanks to one of the men he inspired. What a life he is living. I was shocked to hear he was 90!

[@ThechicagoRedshow]

Just listening to William Shatner describe his experience literally brought a tear to my eye. Beautiful

[@noravanwyk2748]

I totally agree with you.

[@ThechicagoRedshow]

@AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVER :) I’m glad you got a good laugh. I hope you enjoy your day.

[@Lara-ws3lh]

Hypocrite Joe Biden kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWmkc3-mm9yCjbM

[@mariannehyderkhan2370]

So Beautiful...his words.

[@marysmith7765]

@AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVER taking that 4 week old account of yours for some exercise, right? 🤣🤣🤣

[@AdamBorseti]

Not too many 90 year olds going to space, eh? Seems quite fitting that William Shatner is the man.

[@AdamBorseti]

@@onbold3398 What the fuck is this?

[@lads.7715]

make that .... THE Man!

[@rkeller8141]

Having artists go to space and relaying their impressions and feelings, describing their experience, is another step for mankind. Thank you

[@Uberqueenbee]

Shatner shares the profundity of his experience while the children play. Childhood's End. Thanks, Captain!

[@cici7333]

Shame on Bezos and the rest of those rude people, for not respecting or even using manners with a 90 year old man who just returned to earth from space.

[@MrGriff305]

Did you watch the whole video?

[@sludgepirates8521]

Right? Like... Captain Kirk is talking...SHUT THE F UP!!!

[@cici7333]

@@MrGriff305 yes, I did. They did hush up, but the rest of the time they were loud. There was a whole desert, they could've gone far away to celebrate. It was obvious that Bezos wasn't at all truly interested in what he was saying.

[@MrGriff305]

@@cici7333 Lol.. Really? Bezos didn't hang on almost every word? The other people just went into space for the first time too, and it's not fair to ignore them. This was NOT 100% about Shatner. It was only 90% about Shatner, and that's fair 😅 You're such a biased hater.

[@Okmanl]

@@MrGriff305 Crab mentality: "The analogy in human behavior is claimed to be that members of a group will attempt to reduce the self-confidence of any member who achieves success beyond the others, out of envy, resentment, spite, conspiracy, or competitive feelings, to halt their progress." People who are envious will always see Bezos in a negative light and ignore any positives, in order to make themselves feel better about their lack of contribution to the world.

[@asLeepLessman]

Will is living and has lived. Real life Star Treker. This made me emotional. Long Live Humanity!

[@springbloom5940]

They'll cancel him next week.

[@MN-br5nb]

Leave it to the ppl in the back ruining Shatner’s great soliloquy thankfully the camera person captured it. We are all here for him! Women enough screaming geez. What a beautiful description he had and it was important to capture these thoughts fresh.

[@MikeMongo]

This is genuinely one of the best moments in the history of space. Historic launch, complete victory with everyone celebrating, and out of nowhere William Shatner stops the world (and captures Jeff Bezos’ undivided human attention) with a moment of priceless compassion and epiphany. Maybe people see something else. When I watched this live I was mesmerized. Watching it now, I simply get choked up and honored. Blue Origin did us all a solid by gifting our world’s most famous starship captain with his first ride to space. Hear hear! Bravo! More!!

[@chrisbeecraft]

Shatner was trying to articulate the photo "Earth Rise" and his profound experience whilst the others got off a "7 Flags" ride.

[@Annapurna818]

So true

[@Gabrielle499]

Exactly

[@chewyjello1]

6 Flags...but I hear what your saying lol.

[@chrisbeecraft]

@@chewyjello1 6 flags on earth, therefore in space it would have to be a 7 flags ride wouldn't it?

[@chewyjello1]

@@chrisbeecraft If Texas owns space, then I guess?

[@ToowokeforFlorida]

Shatner raises and loves horses. He cried the first time he touched an elephant. The whole return coverage should have focused on him and his profound reaction.

[@PraveenSriram]

William Shatner summed it up perfectly! I would love to go to space in my lifetime.

[@steverdms]

I unexpectedly burst into tears hearing him talking about that experience. A weird bridge of fantastical childhood memories to today's reality - Congratulations William Shatner (our Captain Kirk) on making it to space! I do wish Leonard Nimoy could have lived to share that experience for himself and for us to witness it.

[@mariannehyderkhan2370]

Yes

[@LGranthamsHeir]

Hear, hear!! 🖖🖖

[@user-zr2lt6dh8j]

I'm really glad he got to go. It's nice to see the appreciation of an older soul. Things that they thought they'd never see in their lifetime.

[@onbold3398]

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[@toobig7821]

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[@thejamiereport705]

Thank you, Shatner. What you shared was so deeply touching. The others shared their (understandably so) excitement for the ride; Shatner, at 90, emanated and poetically expressed the beauty of our home, the deepness of our human experience, and the mystery of what surrounds us. His ride was different from the others and I hope he writes about it.

[@proximacentaura4960]

William Shatner: It requires to have an actor to describe the experience which never actually happened. I'm proud.

[@U2EdgeFan]

Mr. Shatner you said it best: Down there is the blue, the life. Up there is the black, the death. I think that is most important message to share as there is really no other place for us to live. It is the perspective that changes everything. Your emotional statements really brought tears in my eyes.

[@uncleardistress]

William trying to go deep and philisophical and Jeff says yeah yeah whatever lets get this PR event going

[@MrGriff305]

It was a rude interruption, but Jeff gave him much undivided attention right afterwards.

[@backpfeifengesicht980]

@@MrGriff305 nah, that was disgusting.

[@cici7333]

@@backpfeifengesicht980 truly.

[@MrGriff305]

@@backpfeifengesicht980 What was? The long one-on-one conversation they had?

[@chewyjello1]

And in the end Bezos did a pretty good job of ruining is own PR by acting like a rude, shallow, frat boy in comparison to Shattner.

[@rini6]

Captain Kirk, traveler of galaxies, is happier with the blue earth than with the darkness of space. Who knew? Just kidding, he is realizing emotionally that life is fragile. The earth is our life support system in dead cold space.

[@austinmiller3855]

You're definitely right Irene

[@benkoch3164]

Hello 👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from Canada currently living in Key West Florida and you where are you from if i may ask?

[@MzSuzy2698]

Exactly and we need to protect this Blue Home that we have.

[@user-ul7li5mu1s]

We do, but not the crazy way the world wants to do it. I believe if we start with our plate and what we eat I truly believe that it would happen fast. What do you think?

[@feelinguru-vywiththepaingu9808]

@@user-ul7li5mu1s I think starting with our plate is great, and could make a real difference, but I don't think it's enough. Eventually we'll have to realize we can't live our lives on fossil fuel. There are many more options.

[@PraveenSriram]

Each time I watch this it makes me cry like a baby. It shows us how trivial our problems are compared to the universe.

[@chrisfee3160]

His words were absolutely beautiful. Brought a tear to my eye 🤧

[@Herbmamasita]

Oh, his heart! Love him more than ever. He was my first crush at 13 years old!

[@lehcaraz1]

Me too!

[@Herbmamasita]

@@lehcaraz1 Young hearts!!

[@lindastruckus776]

I was 10; , with one t.v.in our house,I was willing to wash the car or mow the lawn to see Star Trek!

[@scottrowe5033]

I have never seen Mr Shanter so emotional!!!

[@onbold3398]

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[@onbold3398]

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[@TheLenaweeTrekker]

In a few days, when he can sort all of this out, I would love to hear what he has to say.

[@stephanieelting5013]

William Shatner is completely moved. Regardless of the reason, what Jeff Bezos did for the world's number 1 Captain Kirk, was nothing short of amazing.

[@Chereese0808]

I love that William Shatner is so moved from his experience. Beautiful, just Beautiful!

[@mariannehyderkhan2370]

So Beautiful...

[@damonzap8659]

🖖

[@dlawson688]

Awesome. William is the one person who deserves to experience this. Thank you for motivating generations of humans to explore the stars.

[@onbold3398]

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[@tommy1138]

I got choked up seeing my Captain get so emotional.. That's awesome! I'm so glad Shatner FINALLY got to go to space, he deserved it. Shatner had a religious experience and the other crew members are acting like they had a fun carnival ride. Perspectives are something else, aren't they?

[@bryancsimmons]

This interview shows what is wrong with America today....a large group of people worried about their social media status vs a single man profoundly touched by a literal once in a lifetime experience. God bless Shatner.

[@vincentcoke6181]

Fun fact: In ancient times people watched the space move, they got tired after 24 hours and called it a day.

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Alzheimer's ridden, fake President Biden's an International Weakling and Laughingstock

[@vensonj]

I see what you did there

[@davidferguson1225]

Ok boomer

[@ratedr7845]

@@optimusprinceps3526 there's always some dumbass that shoves politics were it doesn't bel

[@toobig7821]

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[@krussell89]

I love Mr Shatner's beautiful descriptions. Yes our Earth is a fragile, living, breathing, majestic lifeform in the vastness of space. I think I've heard only one other that's gone into space describe the beauty of this planet. I wish we'd stop spending money trying to go to a dead planet (Mars) and spend it on taking care of ours before we kill it and humanity.

[@georgia5942]

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[@Lara-ws3lh]

Hypocrite Joe Biden kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWmkc3-mm9yCjbM

[@lindastruckus776]

It’s asinine, isn’t it?

[@jmf5246]

The Earth has been here for 4 billion years. Its taken comets snd large asteroid hits that almost wiped life out a few times. We should move out from our home as a way to ensure species survival. Im not that worried about raising co2 levels versus a comet hit like a bigger tunguska 1904. Ill give u we should be aware of pollution but the real threat to life are big rocks hitting us.

[@vanikavirgo1184]

As weird as this whole thing was, it was also kind of beautiful seeing how emotional William was. I’m happy for him.

[@doughalpern6751]

It’s nice to see that Shatner appreciates and is grateful for the privilege of being one of the few humans to see earth from space and to want to relate the experience to the rest of us. These people treating it like a party are being selfish.

[@lindajackson4631]

It’s so uplifting to hear Shatner describe his experience this way. So good to hear some good news for once. Thank you

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Buck Joe Fiden 🚫🥔

[@Lara-ws3lh]

Hypocrite Joe Biden kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWmkc3-mm9yCjbM

[@benkoch3164]

Hello 👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍 I'm originally from Canada currently living in Key West Florida and you where are you from if i may ask?

[@TrestanSKYWALKR]

Thank you for sending OUR Captain into space… the final frontier!

[@deborahjones6066]

I'm so happy that our Captain Kirk ( William Shatner) was able to have this experience! He spent most of his acting career taking us where no man has gone before....he deserved this journey.

[@Primitarian]

I love how Shatner is intent on engaging in an intellectual appreciation of the moment, and everyone else just wants to party and booze it up. Says it all about the difference between the Greatest Generation and my own.

[@chrishug5283]

I’m so happy for Shatner. He deserves this! Yet I’m heartbroken that it’s Bezos who is listening and cannot come close to comprehending the profundity of what Shatner is saying.

[@oliverslocombepoole7742]

'Listening'? Not really😂 mans ignoring the guy that's pouring his heart out to him. I want to see a whole interview from Shatner because unlike bazos I actually care.

[@wavecutter69]

Absolute shame that they could not have let him finished his thought before they got the champagne. Would have really wanted to have heard his full expression uninterrupted.

[@sewellanne]

Wonderful experience for Shatner. At first, I thought he wasn't going to get the chance to air his feelings with Bezos more worried about the bloody champagne, but finally.... 💝

[@onbold3398]

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[@gracecompagno540]

William Shattners words just brought me to tears. He really felt the joy of humanity. Sadly, the others couldnt even show some respect to keep their screaming down, even though I understand they were celebrating. Im happy for you Mr Shattner, seems that you truly got something out of this

[@kathrynwhite8482]

The patience Shatner showed to all the ignorance is very profound. Amazing what he experienced....his awakening.

[@pedrx_v9323]

This is how it feels like trying to explain a psychedelic trip to someone who has never took one before or hasn’t had a memorable experience too it

[@onbold3398]

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[@josevasquezorellana8464]

Thanks Gene Roddenberry, for made the people dream with this moment.

[@onbold3398]

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[@magnetar2427]

We need to thank Lucille Ball while we are at it.

[@springbloom5940]

@@magnetar2427 Yeah, its like no one notices that the Star Trek themed is a rearrangement of the I Love Lucy theme.

[@deborahfreedman333]

@@springbloom5940 I think it was more a reference to the fact Star Trek was produced by DesiLu.

[@ThatNerdyGeekyGuy]

How amazing Shatner’s words are here. We love this earth and we cannot lose it. It is what connects us all and keeps us alive. We must respect and care for our home. It is mine, it is yours, it is all of ours.

[@kandystorressantiago8865]

Jeff Besos couldn't reacted more soulless. William Shatner had always been a stand up guy, and here he is breathing the same air as the lizard man right next to him pretending to care. A life changing experience for the man, I hope he never changes.