Holy crap, @WilliamShatner did it! With the help of @JeffBezos and some incredible ingenuity from the private space-flight industry, he did it! “Space, the final frontier…” #CaptainKirk
This is an incredible retelling of Shatner’s journey into space — really, why we all need to see and feel it. Nice work @WapoDavenport. Yes, it’s been way too long and I want my copy of your new book signed. : )

washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Wild, no, from @wapodavenport story: in just two years the number of private astronauts who have reached space now outnumber those sent to space by NASA over 60 years. I’m weirdly nostalgic for when you had the right stuff to go, not just be famous or rich. But Chris makes me….
….see the benefit of us all having the privilege to view our world outside the atmosphere at least once. He does it through his ability to capture the moment from a human and science/technology perspective. I think the last two words of his story link said it all: space tourism.
I have just one more thing to add: When @WilliamShatner says to Bezos, “What you have given me is the most profound experience I can imagine,” I don’t believe him. Lt. Uhuru, my first TV crush as a child, gave him that experience. (Holla @NichelleIsUhura). I’ll sign off now.

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