# William Shatner heads off to the final frontier (space, not death) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868 "2021-10-04T15:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/41 "2021-10-05T19:33:34Z")
I expect they’ll be no tribble at all. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/42 "2021-10-05T19:44:15Z")
Who are the women accompanying him? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/43 "2021-10-05T20:43:37Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > who are the women accompanying him? There are only 4 people on this next flight, not the 6 that it can hold. Only one is female, Audrey Powers. She’s a senior executive with Blue Origin. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/44 "2021-10-05T20:49:07Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > She’s a senior executive with Blue Origin. That’s one hell of a company perk! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/45 "2021-10-05T21:02:16Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > who are the women accompanying him? > > There are only 4 people on this next flight, not the 6 that it can hold. Only one is female, Audrey Powers. She’s a senior executive with Blue Origin. Thanks. I ask because, well, Captain Kirk. You know. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/46 "2021-10-05T21:11:50Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I ask because, well, Captain Kirk. You know. The flight only lasts about 10 minutes and about 3 minutes of that are for boosting. So only 7 minutes (combined freefall, reentry, and parachuting) for fun and games. And they have to be back in their seats for reentry. How much romancing could he do in that time? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/47 "2021-10-05T21:32:31Z")
“Warp 10, Yeoman Rand!” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/48 "2021-10-05T21:54:37Z")
In the wink of an eye… What was her name? Deela? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/49 "2021-10-05T22:00:30Z")
Yes. Deela. [![](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wink_of_an_eye.jpg) ](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wink_of_an_eye.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/50 "2021-10-05T22:23:20Z")
Audrey Powers is actually Shatner’s wife, at least according to [one site](https://www.wiki.ng/en/wiki/who-is-audrey-powers-blue-origin-husband-wikipedia-net-worth-641051) I found. Blue Origin didn’t mention that in their email about them, nor does Shatner’s Wikipage mention her. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/51 "2021-10-05T22:26:57Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Blue Origin didn’t mention that in their email about them, nor does Shatner’s Wikipage mention her. [Shatner’s IMDB bio](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm#family) (which may or may not be current) indicates that he has been married to Elizabeth (Anderson) Shatner since 2001, but it also indicates that they have filed for divorce. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/52 "2021-10-05T22:28:50Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > but it also indicates that they have filed for divorce. Wikipedia says the divorce was finalized in Jan 2020. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/53 "2021-10-05T22:40:27Z")
Oh. Too bad he isn’t dead. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/54 "2021-10-05T23:18:09Z")
I’m only interested in this story if George Takei is at the controls for this flight. ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/55 "2021-10-06T00:00:34Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > The flight only lasts about 10 minutes and about 3 minutes of that are for boosting. So only 7 minutes (combined freefall, reentry, and parachuting) for fun and games. And they have to be back in their seats for reentry. How much romancing could he do in that time? It probably depends on whether she’s wearing a miniskirt, and/or a top that shows a lot of skin, yet mysteriously no cleavage. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/56 "2021-10-06T00:57:10Z")
What if a Vulcan ship is passing by and just happens to detect the launch of the spacecraft? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/57 "2021-10-06T01:15:22Z")
Person carrying rockets must’ve gotten the bugs worked out of them. It’s not such a dangerous stunt anymore, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/58 "2021-10-06T01:58:10Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > What if a Vulcan ship is passing by and just happens to detect the launch of the spacecraft? “The humans appear to still be at the suborbital stage of space exploration that we detected 60 years ago. Interesting…” ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/59 "2021-10-06T03:42:16Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > > [@terentii](#): > > > > What if a Vulcan ship is passing by and just happens to detect the launch of the spacecraft? > > “the humans appear to still be at the suborbital stage of space exploration that we detected 60 years ago. Interesting…” Also “fascinating…” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-heads-off-to-the-final-frontier-space-not-death/951868/60 "2021-10-06T04:51:08Z")
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