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'The most profound experience I can imagine': Emotional William Shatner recounts space trip

CNN · 302.2K views · 2021-10-13 · 10:34

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A CNN segment showing William Shatner emotionally describing his Blue Origin suborbital flight to Jeff Bezos right after landing.

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HN mentions it mostly critically, calling the clip clickbait, or to point out how early the Bezos moment occurs.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2021–2023

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Space exploration & spaceflightPsychology & human behavior
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william shatnerblue originjeff bezosoverview effectspaceflight

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rhtgrg · 2023-05 · Reference

> there was more that happened before that bit It was after this bit. Probably when Bezos realized the optics. > or which was edited cynically, got an inaccurate impression Ironic to be posting an inaccurate comment, while lamenting inaccuracy... Here, you can see just how early this happens: [VIDEO]

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vjerancrnjak · 2022-10 · Criticism

There's a longer video that shows he listened to him until the end. I think the one you linked is just clickbait. [VIDEO]

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ryandrake · 2021-10 · Criticism

The clip [1] was kind of gross. Shatner is standing there, trying to make a thoughtful, serious, genuine statement about his feelings, and Bezos is repeatedly turning his head away, looking at everything else, like a kid distracted by an iPad. The champaign popping and the women in the big sunglasses yelling "wooooooo" like they're at a dance club was just icing on the cake. Finally, after all the horseplay was done, he turned back and gave the guy a chance to articulate. 1: [VIDEO]

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