2022/10/06

William Shatner Recalls Grieving for Earth in Outer Space

“My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral.”
– William Shatner, recounting the overview effect he experienced during the orbital flight aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin shuttle in October 2021. Then 90 years old, the Star Trek actor became the oldest living person to venture into space. “I discovered that the beauty isn’t out there, it’s down here, with all of us,” he writes about looking down at a planet in peril. “It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered.”
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