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( cheers and applause ). >> reporter: a gift from amazon and blue origin founder jeff bezos. >> it was so moving to me. this experience is something unbelievable. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: 55 years ago, shatners captain kirke led a starship of galactic hop scotchers. today, he became kirke, and at 90, overcome by the moment. >> everybody in the world needs to see it. >> oh, my god! >> its unbelievable. unbelievable. i mean, you know, the little things, the weightlessness, but to see the blue colo...

0 >> i wouldnt say all of it is aimed towards that. of course, any commercial veteran needs to turn a profit in order to stay in business. so its partially about that. its partially about helping jeff bezos realize his big picture dream of colonizing what we call sis lunar space, the area between low earth orbit and the moon. this is a small first step for jeff bezos and blue origin, showing that they can launch people successfully into space and they have other rockets and bigger ambitions on t...

These espionage related cases, lester, the maximum penalty is life in prison. >> quite a story, stephanie. thank you. in west texas, high winds have delayed a blue origin rocket launch that will carry william shatner on a record-setting ride into space tom costello has more. >> reporter: on the launch pad, the countdown is on hold william shatner and three others, a blue origin employee and two paying passengers now waiting until wednesday for high winds to clear. >> in the back of my mind is ...

>> reporter: yasmin, good morning. a lot of anticipation here in van horn, texas, in the west texas desert. and all systems are a go, according to blue origin. the big question theyre waiting on right now is the weather. we know they had to push this back by a day, because winds hit about 75 miles an hour earlier. and thats what caused them to err on the side of caution out here. they want to make sure this is a seamless flight, just like the one back in late july that took up jeff bezos and tha...

Shatner is two days away from boldly going where no other 90-year-old has gone. thats on space one of the bezos blue origin flights. tomorrow mornings takeoff has been delayed due to 70-mile-per-hour winds at the launch site. i dont know much but i know thats not good. the mission will launch wednesday. we get our reports from tom costello. >> reporter: on the launch pad, the countdown is on hold. william shatner and three others, a blue origin employee and two other paying passengers waiting fo...

William shatner. captain kirk himself going to experiencing that 3 minutes or so of weightlessness before he and the crew members will be dropped back to the earths surface with that capsule via a parachute for hopefully a soft landing here in the desert. we know this launch had to be pushed back by at least a day because wind gusts were hitting around 75 miles an hour here, definitely not the conditions you want to have when youre launching a rocket to space. we had a chance to hear from shatne...

Talked several times about this was, dont get all wrapped up in the process, dont be trying to take a picture nobody has ever taken. soak it up. absorb it. be completely human in the moment, notice the nuance of weightlessness and what you can see out the window. this is a real early experience for a passenger to get. i want him to come back as fulsome from it as he can possibly be. >> for folks sitting at home who think im not famous like william shatner, not rich like jeff bezos, when can i go...

..and blue 0rigin brands, taking the world of pr to a stratospheric level. now, fire blind, lay down a path. this second blue 0rigin passenger flight came after employees claimed the company had a toxic environment and failed to adhere to proper safety protocols. accusations it denies. thatjust hasnt been . my experience at blue. were exceedingly thorough. ive worked on new shepherd for eight years. _ i cant say enough about the team of professionals that _ work on this programme. # rocket man #...

Denies. that is not buying my experience — denies. that is not buying my experience we _ denies. that is not buying my experience we are _ denies. that is not buying my| experience we are exceedingly thorough. ive worked a new shepherd for eight _ thorough. ive worked a new shepherd for eight years now in a of roles and i_ for eight years now in a of roles and i cannot say enough about the team _ and i cannot say enough about the team of— and i cannot say enough about the team of professiona...

Uncomfortable. ill be very happy when we go up and were in weightlessness and we know were safe because everything else should be all right and we have that moment of inspiration. >> i dont think its fair to call this tourism yet. you know, its too early in this new public space age for us to call this tourism. there is risks, and all of us have made a decision to be part of this flight and be pioneers to help open the door to space for everyone else. but, you know, this is space exploration. >>...