{"id":128819,"date":"2021-10-10T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T20:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-delays-william-shatners-spaceflight-to-october-13th"},"modified":"2021-10-10T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T20:22:19","slug":"blue-origin-delays-william-shatners-spaceflight-to-october-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/blue-origin-delays-william-shatners-spaceflight-to-october-13th","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin delays William Shatner\u2019s spaceflight to October 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/blue-origin-delays-william-shatners-spaceflight-to-october-13th3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd14Will someone PLEASE get this man a seat on the next REAL SpaceX trip to space as a passenger already!? \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>You\u2019ll have to wait ever-so-slightly longer to see <em>Star Trek<\/em> actor William Shatner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/william-shatner-blue-origin-spaceflight-new-shepard-144025171.html\" class=\"\">head to space<\/a>. Blue Origin has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blueorigin\/status\/1447236968451088390\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">delayed<\/a> Shatner\u2019s launch aboard NS-18 by a day to October 13th at 9:30AM Eastern following predictions of strong winds in West Texas. The rough weather was the \u201conly gating factor,\u201d Blue Origin said in a statement, noting that the passengers began their training today (October 10th).<\/p>\n<p>Shatner\u2019s flight is a publicity grab on multiple levels. It\u2019s no secret that Jeff Bezos\u2019 outfit is eager to have Captain Kirk reach space, but Shatner will also be the oldest person to make such a journey at 90 years old. The previous record-setter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/wally-funk-blue-origin-new-shepard-jeff-bezos-155036734.html\" class=\"\">aviation legend Wally Funk<\/a>, traveled aboard a Blue Origin flight at 82 years old. Other passengers include Blue Origin mission VP Audrey Powers and two corporate executives, Planet Labs\u2019 Chris Boshuizen and Medidata\u2019s Glen de Vries.<\/p>\n<p>The timing isn\u2019t great beyond the weather. The liftoff will come just weeks after an essay described a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/blue-origin-toxic-workplace-employee-letter-181051514.html\" class=\"\">toxic environment<\/a>\u201d at Blue Origin, including an alleged reluctance to deal with sexual harassment as well as poor attitudes toward safety, the environment and basic internal criticism. Shatner\u2019s flight might create positive buzz, but it might also paper over issues within Blue Origin\u2019s ranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udd14Will someone PLEASE get this man a seat on the next REAL SpaceX trip to space as a passenger already!? \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude4f You\u2019ll have to wait ever-so-slightly longer to see Star Trek actor William Shatner head to space. Blue Origin has delayed Shatner\u2019s launch aboard NS-18 by a day to October 13th at 9:30AM Eastern following [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":362,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}