'It was death' Star Trek legend William Shatner unimpressed after visiting space
express.co.ukStar Trek sensation William Shatner, the fantasy failed to match the reality.The 90-year old was invited by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in his shuttle in October 2021, but when he arrived, he was totally unimpressed.So far, most of the select few who have returned after a trip to space with Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin have been deeply emotional about their journey.However, that wasn't true of William Shatner, whose only thought at one point was: "Why am I bl**dy doing this?!"The trip was arranged for an Amazon TV documentary that retail giant Bezos had organised, entitled Shatner In Space.Fans might have thought the Canadian actor, who played Admiral James T Kirk in Star Trek and whose fictional birth in the show was 2233, might have relished the chance to play with the space-time continuum in another realm.However, in conversation with SFX magazine, he revealed his slightly horrifying trip: "I looked back, and I could see a wake, like a submarine under the water might leave.“The air was tumultuous, filling in as the ship went through it."Then my eyes went up, and there was impenetrable blackness – the kind I’d seen once in a cave.“It’s blackness that’s almost touchable.There was no spinning stars and the majesty of space.For those who'd had fantasies about a glittering night sky of the type romanticised in art, William was forced to disappoint them, stating: "It was ominous.
It was death.”He also found that his age meant space travel quickly took its toll."Most of the practice was about getting back into your prostrated seat in weightlessness.
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