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Origin has said that it does have significant safety features onboard, should anything go wrong. and that includes the ability to actually jettison that capsule on top of the rocket, away from that tlurs, at any point during flight. whether that be on the launch pad, whether that be as it starts to take off, or as it starts to enter that edge of space there, crossing that carmen line. they said they've tested this repeatedly and that's why they're confident in some of the safe gaurds in place here, that should something go wrong with the tlurs, that capsule would be able to leave entirely and ...

Think about this. our kids growing up now whether never know a world where there will be no one in space. from this day forward, there will always be humans in space at some level, in lower earth orbit, on the moon and mars. to me that's very exciting. >> absolutely, absolutely. stretching the front tear. >> it is remarkable to think about that our kids watching right now won't remember a world without space, without people in space. jonathan mcdowell, as we talk more about what we can learn from this, what are you most excited about. >> it's really interesting to me

And 14 minutes away, we have that crew of four onboard, including 90-year-old william shatner, captain kirk, about to become the oldest space traveler in history. three to four minutes of weightlessness before coming back down for a soft landing. cannot wait to hear the reactions on the other side of this. jose? >> may, when morgan mentioned watching the last launch, i was there. and as one standing on the ground, watching it, smelling it, experiencing it is something that i will never forget. as someone who has actually been in space, when you watch this and think back to your experiences in ...

Just came out of nowhere. this is a moment, this year, 2021, is a moment that the commercial space industry has really been building towards for decades. spacex, blue origin, they've both been around for almost 20 years, and now within literally the last year for blue origin, just the last three months they are finally really beginning to send nasa astronauts in spacex's case and paying customers in blue origin's case up into space. so you heard chris, one of the crew members on this flight talk about how he really felt like it was not fair to call this crew tourists. he said we still believe ...

And trying to encapsulate all that means. i wanted to do a little bit of whimsy. you talked about william shatner being on "star trek," and of course, i was a "star trek" fan growing up, but i was also able to be on "star trek: the next generation" after i had flown in space, so this whole generation of where stories and reality influence each other is really important, because "star trek" started after we already had a space program going. and it helped to reinforce all that could occur and people's excitement and involvement. >> scott kelly, watching this, how do you feel about this personal...