# William Shatner tweets Chris Hadfield **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073 "2013-01-04T16:32:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/1 "2013-01-04T16:32:24Z")
[Awesome!](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/03/william-shatner-chris-hadfield-tweets_n_2405115.html) > [@](#): > > William Shatner > @Cmdr\_Hadfield Are you tweeting from space? MBB > [@](#): > > Chris Hadfield > @WilliamShatner Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we’re detecting signs of life on the surface. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/2 "2013-01-04T16:39:40Z")
That is awesome! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/3 "2013-01-04T16:41:58Z")
That’s pretty cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/4 "2013-01-04T16:44:59Z")
That is very cool! Any idea what the _MBB_ stands for? I checked out the photo gallery and was a bit disappointed at how they looked, but happy to see **Barrie** on there! (I live just north of the top border of the pic, and work just south of the bottom) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/5 "2013-01-04T16:47:37Z")
We are going to see Shatner this Wednesday @ [Shatner’s World](http://shatnersworld.com), here in San Antonio. I can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/6 "2013-01-04T16:50:46Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Any idea what the _MBB_ stands for? [My best, Bill.](http://tagdef.com/mbb) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/7 "2013-01-04T16:53:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [My best, Bill.](http://tagdef.com/mbb) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/8 "2013-01-04T16:54:00Z")
Seems a shame NASA never offered Shatner a ride into space. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-shatner-tweets-chris-hadfield/646073/9 "2013-01-04T17:05:45Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Seems a shame NASA never offered Shatner a ride into space. I doubt he’s fit enough, although given James Doohan’s fate Shatner has a better-than-even chance of a posthumous spaceflight.