space race is rumbling on in the background and everyone wants to get celebrities to ride on their rockets. Tom Hanks claimed on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' that he had been offered William Shatner's historic seat on Blue Origin's New Shepard.
He only turned it down, he said, because he didn't want to pay the massive £20million fee.Instead William Shatner, former Star Trek actor best known for his role as Captain Kirk, went on to make history becoming the oldest person in space at 90 years old."Is it true that you were asked to go to space by Jeff Bezos before William Shatner?” Hanks, 65, was asked by Jimmy Kimmel.“Well, yeah, provided I pay,” said Hanks. “And, you know, it cost 28 million bucks, or something like that.“I’m doing good, Jimmy, I’m.
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