William Shatner, also known for his role in Star Trek As the captain Kirk, will fly into space in a company ship Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos.
The film industry has shown its importance in the consumer year after year; according to a study by Statista where it shows the annual collection at the box office over time, it is shown that in 2005 (beginning of the study) the figure of 23.1 billion dollars was registered, a figure that has been increasing year after year until reaching 2019 with 42.4 billion dollars; This could have been even bigger during 2020, however, the arrival of the COVID pandemic directly affected this industry, representing losses of more than 40 percent.
However, the cinematographic world has given us over time some of the most important sagas with themes that manage to make us imagine what life in space would be like, some of the most iconic are Alien, Star Wars, Interstellar, An odyssey of the space and Star Trek.
Star Trek is one of the films space-themed sci-fi most recognized in the world, in addition to having approximately 20 different deliveries that we can enjoy in the format of film or series. Despite its long time in the history of the seventh art, some iconic characters have belonged within it, such as Spock and the Captain Kirk.
Jeff Bezos, creator of Amazon, has gained renown in recent years as he has managed to position himself as one of the richest men in the world on more than one occasion, however, he previously left his position as CEO of Amazon in order to dedicate his full time to other projects, such as Blue Origin. This is Jeff Bezos’ project that seeks to venture into the sightseeing space (through large sums of money) and compete with the company of its main rival inside and outside the space market, Elon Musk with SpaceX.
Spacex has shown interest in the sightseeing space and in gaining renown within this industry, since in addition to being the most valuable private company in this sector, it previously launched the first space mission with a team of civilians, calling for anyone to travel to space (with the monetary amount enough).
These two companies are in dispute to see who can position themselves as the best company to offer space travel, so they are carrying out different strategies to achieve it.
From science fiction to the real world, the captain Kirk from Star Trek, will travel to space aboard the company ship Blue Origin, New Shepard; news that fans appreciate.
News: William Shatner, the unforgettable Captain Kirk in the “Star Trek” saga, will travel to space in his 90s with Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ company. Poetic justice!! pic.twitter.com/MjodFSX4rN
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Canadian actor William Shatner, who starred as Captain Kirk of Star Trek, will embark on an adventure at 90 years of age in the spaceship of Blue Origin, this being the greatest person to travel to space. It will take off on October 12 from Texas and as part of its crew will be the engineer and lawyer Audrey Powers, vice president of flight operations of Blue OriginChris Boshuizen, former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs and Glen de Crieds, co-founder of Medidadat; in the same way, it is informed about two other travelers who will be announced soon.
According to “Captain Kirk” in a statement from Blue Origin:
“I have heard a lot about space for a long time. Now I am going to have the opportunity to see it with my own eyes, it is a miracle ”.
The trajectory that this new mission will follow is quite similar to the one that Jeff Bezos lived during his trip to space within his same company on July 20. Will Captain Kirk’s trip to space succeed? Star trek further boost the space tourism business of Blue origin?