“Beam me up, Bezos.”
We can pretend that is what William Shatner said as he became the oldest person ever to venture into space.
After three decades of playing Captain James T. Kirk, life imitated art when the Star Trek actor was given the opportunity to go where no man (his age) has gone before, thanks to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Shatner was part of Blue Origin’s second successful human space flight, along with the co-founder of Planet Labs, Chris Boshuizen; Medidata Solutions co-founder, Glen de Vries; and Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, Audrey Powers.
Yet, what makes Shatner’s voyage to the final frontier even more unique is that he was 90-years-, 6-months- and 22-days-old, making him the oldest person ever to do so.
Talk about setting a goal to live long and prosper!
