William Shatner explains why his trip to space ‘felt like a funeral’: ‘I saw death and I saw life’
nypost.comoldest person to travel to space – but the experience left him in tears.In October 2021, the “Star Trek” alum embarked on the adventure of a lifetime with the help of Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin.
The Amazon empire founder credited the actor with igniting his interest in space travel.The 91-year-old was one of four crew members aboard the New Shepard rocket for the NS-18 mission.
It took off from Launch Site One in West Texas. The Emmy winner recalled his experience in a new book titled “Boldly Go: Reflections on a life of Awe and Wonder.” In it, Shatner wrote that his trip to space “was supposed to be a celebration.” Instead, it “felt like a funeral.”“When I landed and came out of the spaceship, I was overwhelmed by a feeling and I started to weep,” Shatner recalled to Fox News Digital. “I didn’t know what I was crying about.
And it took me a couple of hours to be by myself to figure out what’s the matter with me. And then I realized I was in grief for this beautiful world that I could see more clearly from up in space… This planet that took 5 billion years to evolve into what it is now.
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