Comments on: William Shatner does not want to throw up in space http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Personal Spaceflight » Shatner still does not want to vomit in space (or anywhere else) http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-121687 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 12:57:54 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/#comment-121687 […] We’ve pretty much established here already that, despite various media reports, William Shatner is not one of the celebrities who have signed up for suborbital spaceflights with Virgin Galactic. Still, this explanation from Shatner in an article from The Times of London is a bit humorous: “One little tile burns and you drop to your death? I’ve been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through. One of the things you have to do is get used to weightlessness and they have a Boeing plane that does an outside loop so you’re weightless for about 30 seconds. It’s called the Vomit Comet and I don’t like to vomit.” […]

]]> By: Personal Spaceflight » Branson and Hawking http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-38840 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:15:35 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/#comment-38840 […] An interesting note: this is not the first time that Hawking has been linked to Virgin Galactic. In a number of previous reports, like this Business Week article back in August, Hawking was listed among celebrities who were either interested in such a flight or who had already signed up. However, since those lists included people like William Shatner and Sigourney Weaver who have since stated that they have no interest in flying in space, it’s been tough to take those lists seriously. […]

]]> By: Gaetano Marano --- ghostNASA http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12327 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:11:44 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/#comment-12327 .

why William Shatner and Sigourney Weaver must risk their life for sci-fi fans and Branson’s business?

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]]> By: Peter http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12302 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:14:48 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/#comment-12302 I have one thing to say to Mr Shatner… CHICKEN!!! Seriously, none of Kirk’s bravery ever rubed off…

]]> By: Donald F. Robertson http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12282 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:02:10 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/#comment-12282 I’ll take their tickets!

— Donald

]]> By: Sam Dinkin http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12281 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:23:04 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/#comment-12281 It seems pretty hard for Kim Jung Il to get the kind of good press that Branson gets for his rockets.

]]> By: Chance http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-12251 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:36:45 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/09/07/william-shatner-does-not-want-to-throw-up-in-space/#comment-12251 I’d rather not send up too many stars known for science fiction roles. I would rather a couple respected politicians, an oscar winner or two, and some sports heroes go. You know, to built gravitas. But, it ain’t my boat. He can invite who he wants.

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