To boldly go: 星/主役にする Trek's Shatner spacebound with Blue Origin

"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle," said William Shatner

"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the 適切な時期 to see it for myself. What a 奇蹟," said William Shatner

Blue Origin on Monday 確認するd William Shatner, who starred as Captain James T. Kirk in the 初めの 星/主役にする Trek series, will 飛行機で行く to space October 12 船内に the company's 乗組員d ロケット/急騰する, becoming the oldest ever 宇宙飛行士.

"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the 適切な時期 to see it for myself. What a 奇蹟," said the 90-year-old Canadian actor in a 声明.

The science fiction television show 空気/公表するd for only three seasons starting in 1966, but was hugely 影響力のある in popular culture and has spawned more than a dozen movies and several spin-off series.

It was 著名な for the utopian 見通し of its creator 遺伝子 Rodenberry, who imagined a 未来 where by the 23rd century humanity had put aside its 分割s and 部隊d with other 平和的な space-faring civilizations.

Shatner, as Kirk, 命令(する)d the U.S.S. 企業 on a five-year 使節団 "to 調査する strange new worlds, to 捜し出す out new life and new ci vilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."

His actual voyage to space will be far shorter: about 10 minutes, in a flight that will take the 乗組員 just beyond the Karman line, 62 miles (100 キロメーターs) above sea-level. They're also ありそうもない to 遭遇(する) 外国人 敵s such as Klingons.

If successful, Shatner will become the first 星/主役にする Trek actor to reach the final frontier -- with the important caveat "while living."

The ashes of fellow 星/主役にする Trek actor James Doohan, who played the 企業's 長,指導者 engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, were 密輸するd 船内に the International Space 駅/配置する in 2008 and remain under its 床に打ち倒す cladding, によれば the space tourist who carried out the 陰謀(を企てる) 工夫するd by the actor's son.

- Work culture 主張s -

Billionaire Jeff Bezos is riding high after flying into space in July 2021, but his space flight company Blue Origin is accused of having a "toxic" work culture

億万長者 Jeff Bezos is riding high after 飛行機で行くing into space in July 2021, but his space flight company Blue Origin is (刑事)被告 of having a "有毒な" work culture

Blue Origin also 発表するd the 身元 of the remaining 乗客, Audrey 力/強力にするs, the company's 副/悪徳行為 大統領,/社長 of 使節団 and flight 操作/手術s.

力/強力にするs worked as an engineer for almost a 10年間 before becoming a lawyer, Blue Origin said.

As a 指導/手引 and 支配(する)/統制するs engineer, she was a flight 監査役 for US space 機関 航空宇宙局 with 2,000 hours of console time in 使節団 支配(する)/統制する for the International Space 駅/配置する Program.

They will join Chris Boshuizen, a former 航空宇宙局 engineer and co-創立者 of 惑星 Labs, and Glen de Vries, a co-創立者 of 臨床の 研究 壇・綱領・公約 Medidata 解答s, on the sub-軌道の flight.

The news comes as Bezos's company is under a cloud of 主張s relating to a "有毒な" work culture with はびこる 性の いやがらせ.

The (人命などを)奪う,主張するs, 堅固に 拒絶するd by Blue Origin, were 輪郭(を描く)d in a 非常に長い blog 地位,任命する 調印するd by Alexandra Abrams, the company's former 長,率いる of 従業員 communications, last week.

The 地位,任命する said it also 代表するd the 見解(をとる)s of 20 other 労働者s and ex-労働者s in さまざまな 分割s who 手配中の,お尋ね者 to remain 匿名の/不明の.

Abrams and her co-authors その上の 申し立てられた/疑わしい the company had a pattern of 決定/判定勝ち(する)-making that prioritized 迅速な ロケット/急騰する 開発 over safety, and that several of them would not feel 安全な in the company's New Shepard spaceship.

Blue Origin 答える/応じるd by 説 Abrams was 解任するd two years ago after 警告s over 問題/発行するs 伴う/関わるing US 輸出(する) 支配(する)/統制する 規則s, 追加するing it would 調査/捜査する any new (人命などを)奪う,主張するs of 不品行/姦通.

Bezos, one of the world's wealthiest men, his brother 示す, 航空 開拓する Wally Funk, and 支払う/賃金ing 顧客 Oliver Daemen flew into space on Blue Origin's first 乗組員d flight on July 20 from the company's base in west Texas.

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