Shatner Aims for Real 'Star Trek' 238
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?"
Shatner would have to pay double... (Score:5, Funny)
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-kaplanfx
P.S. I'm down to 205 and I'm still fat so you can only imagine...
Re:Shatner would have to pay double... (Score:2)
Re:Shatner would have to pay double... (Score:2)
Admittedly I'm 6'7" but at 250...
I'll bet you scare little children with your freakish verticalness.
Seriously though, I'm a foot shorter and have ballooned to 170 over the past few years due to relative inactivity and "old age" (42). The metabolism really does slow down at around 35, but the brain keeps on going
Goddam kids, get off my lawn!
Re:Shatner would have to pay double... (Score:4, Informative)
For example, suppose seat spacing 30 inches in current planes. Make 1/3 of the seats be 20 inches, 1/3 be 30 inches, and 1/3 be 40 inches. The total space remains the same, yet people fit better.
The real problem is one-size-fits-all mentality, not overweight people. If you solve the problem for tallies, then it will be solved for fatties also using the same technique.
not really true (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Shatner would have to pay double... (Score:3, Insightful)
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.
Payload (Score:2, Insightful)
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...
Re:Payload (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Payload (Score:4, Funny)
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
Re:Shatner would have to pay double... (Score:2)
hmm. (Score:3, Funny)
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1st Passengers of the VSS Enterprise (Score:5, Interesting)
Further, such an event would be a great publicity stunt for Virgin, so Virgin should foot the bill for the inaugural voyage of the VSS Enterprise.
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Don't forget Welshee!!!
Seriously, though. I think it would be an excellent tribute to manned space travel. The Star Trek crew was there for the STS-Enterprise christening (which was originally going to be Constitution), so why shouldn't they be there for this? At the very least, it would be great publicity for Virgin.
Speaking of the STS naming, does anyone else think that naming the
Re:1st Passengers of the VSS Enterprise (Score:2)
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Re:1st Passengers of the VSS Enterprise (Score:2)
I think that Enterprise kind of contradicts this.
Re:1st Passengers of the VSS Enterprise (Score:2)
Granted, there's a much better chance (if things are done right) that it won't go wrong, but when you strap that much fuel onto your vechicle, there's always risk.
I think it'd be a much more fitting tribute if they got all the actors together before the launch, set them on a stage, and let them know just how much they inspired us all to do the things that we ne
Branson (Score:5, Funny)
Re: Branson (Score:2, Insightful)
(And try the cookies -- yum!)
Re:Branson (Score:5, Funny)
And if they're anything like his planes they'll be full of amazingly sexy flight attendants, so I'll take my chances.
You forgot... (Score:2)
- By god do the toilets stink. In fact, the whole trains reek of sewage.
- The air conditioning backfires producing alternating spots of north-atlantic chill, and unbreathable muggy heat.
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-kaplanfx
Space Sick (Score:2, Funny)
Check in (Score:5, Funny)
hey (Score:5, Funny)
Third Rock (Score:3, Funny)
Dick Solomon: The same thing happened to me!
VSS (Score:2)
VSS...Spaceships designed for slashdotters.
At least he can say one thing thats true. (Score:2, Funny)
Or maybe... (Score:2)
Sounds like a great marketing concept to me (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Sounds like a great marketing concept to me (Score:2)
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A 'record label' is behind this? (Score:2)
Re:A 'record label' is behind this? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:A 'record label' is behind this? (Score:2)
Virgin is not just a record company, but... (Score:2)
The Virgin Megastores (or the ones in the UK at least) are a joint operation with other investors.
It obviously makes sense to some people to use the Virgin name; thing is, I'm not sure what it stands for (or rather, what it's *meant* to stand for, since most brand names are about image rather than substance, and are often farmed out anyway).
Does 'Virgin' have an image beyond Richard Branson? The only one they have in my book is a ps
Re:A 'record label' is behind this? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:A 'record label' is behind this? (Score:5, Informative)
Best of all, Richard Branson knows how to have fun with the money hes amassed. He bought an Island specifically for staff holidays (source [bbc.co.uk]).
Virgin Money??!?! (Score:2)
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Re:Virgin Money??!?! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A 'record label' is behind this? (Score:2)
So they do provide you with virgin brides, but you have to run down to the megastore to pick them up?
Re:A 'record label' is behind this? (Score:2)
I'd like to see Virgin Slashdot... you know, rather than Slasdot Virgins.
Re:Something drastically right (Score:2)
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VSS enterprise (Score:5, Funny)
Hrmmm
Visual Source Safe Enterprise.
AKA: Words that should not be used together.
CVS-65 (Score:2)
http://www.wcrevival.de/encyclopedia/index.php?
Kirk's Hair (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Kirk's Hair (Score:2)
Now mod me +5 Geeky.
This is awesome (Score:4, Funny)
Oh they're bringing him back? Darn.
Did you hear? (Score:2, Funny)
VSS Enterprise (Score:3, Funny)
Registration.. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Registration.. (Score:3, Interesting)
What would be interesting is to see what body of law comes out of dealing with criminal and civil legal issues in space. If you kill someb
I can see it now (Score:3, Funny)
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flying with kirk (Score:2, Funny)
Will his cult go too? (Score:2, Funny)
He just wants command again (Score:4, Funny)
Virgin & Shatner? (Score:2, Funny)
Boy was I confused... (Score:2)
Re:Boy was I confused... (Score:2)
Yeah; he did some okay stuff in The Police, but most of his solo work is really boring.
Past predicting the future (Score:3, Funny)
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....."
Re:Past predicting the future (Score:3, Informative)
Remember Shatner's twilight zone episode? (Score:3)
Why is this iin the SF section (Score:4, Informative)
Given Virgins reliability record... (Score:3, Funny)
Sigh, I don't have $210.000 you insensitive clod! (Score:2)
3) Profit!
"Beam my ass back to the set" (Score:3, Funny)
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!
Maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
It's just a big roller coaster (Score:2)
Getting to orbit is much harder. But useful.
Imagine the publicity... (Score:2)
And he's afraid of flying! He didn't have to act on Terror at 2000 Feet.
I don't know about all of you... (Score:2, Interesting)
Although, the comedic value is hard to pass up.
It's too bad Deforest Kelley won't be around.. "Damnit, Jim! Your an Actor, not an astronaut!"
New Priceline Commercial (Score:2)
Trip to outer space: $210,000
Convincing the Stewardess to dress up as a green alien and join the 10,000 mile high club: Priceless
No better publicity (Score:2)
Okay granted, a lot of things that Shatner does would make the front page (such as releasing a another record), but it's a great way to get his name back on other headlines besides.
It's just publicity, though it's cool that he knows these people exist. Admittedly, however, as time passes the more I'm starting to think that Shatner sort of deserves his celebrity, the same way Bruce Campbell and Ada
Thank you! (Score:3, Interesting)
Getting in space myself one day is my biggest dream; I have been giving a few hundred bucks to X-prize foundation and other similar organizations every year but obviously I could never realize my goal without guys like Shatner chipping in and advancing the cause.
Thanks again!
Re:Pounds and not Euros? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:VSS, eh? (Score:2, Funny)
As long as he doesn't grow a goatse.
Re:Shatner in outer space? (Score:2)
If you can get past the "omg it's Shatner" factor, he's put out one heck of an album. One of the best music purchases I've made this year.
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shatner rocks (Score:3, Insightful)
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Re:VSS Enterprise. (Score:2)
Re:VSS Enterprise. (Score:2)
Re:Rejected yesterday (Score:2)
Re:I hope Shatner is the 1st in space to yell out. (Score:2)
More like:
"This is not really space, just the upper atmosphere. I...have...been Coooonned!"