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New York (CNN Business)Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original "Star Trek," just hitched a ride aboard a suborbital spacecraft that grazed the edge of outer space before parachuting to a landing, making Shatner the oldest person ever to travel to space.
"That was unlike anything they described," Shatner could be heard saying on the flight livestream just before landing.
"What you have given me is the most profound experience, I am so filled with emotion, just extraordinary," a visibly overcome Shatner told Bezos, immediately after emerging from the capsule. "I hope I never recover from this. I hope that I can maintain what I feel now."
The flight would have been perfect had Shatner not been ticketed for having his left directional signal on for the entire flight. "I was so taken up in the experience," Shatner said, "I forget my blinker was on."
The $36,000 traffic citation will be paid by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Shatner will have no points put on his driver's license.
"That was unlike anything they described," Shatner could be heard saying on the flight livestream just before landing.
"What you have given me is the most profound experience, I am so filled with emotion, just extraordinary," a visibly overcome Shatner told Bezos, immediately after emerging from the capsule. "I hope I never recover from this. I hope that I can maintain what I feel now."
The flight would have been perfect had Shatner not been ticketed for having his left directional signal on for the entire flight. "I was so taken up in the experience," Shatner said, "I forget my blinker was on."
The $36,000 traffic citation will be paid by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Shatner will have no points put on his driver's license.
