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Amazing, 90 years old. >> 90 years old, that's extraordinary. i got to experience this near van horn, texas, with you in july during bezos's maiden voyage. help us understand why today is so significant to us. could we look back on this and other early missions and say this is the equivalent of the early barn storming days of commercial aviation. does today get you and me closer to going into space? >> if you've got a quarter million dollars to spend, yes. and probably closer to a half million dollars if you're going to go on the branson trip, i think that's 450 or something like that. listen,...

That you should be able to explore the heavens, and so he was surprised when his mom saved those momentos from his childhood, and so they're going to go on board this rocket ride. you know, that's kind of fun. that's kind of special. it really speaks to the cultural impact that star trek had on so many people. i'll admit it because jeff bezos and i are about the same age. yeah, i grew up watching star trek. i loved it. i loved captain kirk and spock and the whole team, and nen for me, what a thrill to spend 30 minutes talking to william shatner last night. this is really what they hope will be...

God speed "new shepard," i can't wait to hear your stories. mark. >> you're hearing messages there from the members of the last "new shepard" note. oliver daemen who at 18 was the youngest to go up. he said now the moment is there, it will never be better than your best imagination. and wally funk, who at 82 finally achieved her dream of going into space, no longer the oldest person to achieve that. william shatner, of course, at 90. she said it's the most fantastic experience of your life. she was part of a group of female pilots. she ultimately never went. there was so much made of her journ...

Origin will blast off for its second manned flight. it comes just months after it launched bezos himself into space as part of its inaugural crew in july. today, science fiction is actually going to become reality when captain kirk himself, actor william shatner will become the oldest person to fly to space at the age of 90. that tops legendary astronaut wally funk who flew on blue origin's first mission at age 82. let's talk about what's about to happen in the next couple of hours. the crew of four will board the shepherd rocket for their 11-minute flight, and that's when they launch. after l...

Something that's much more acceptable for everybody. i'm candidly not sure i believe that, to be honest. i think it's so expensive. it's probably not going to come down to a price, 50 grand, 25 grand, i don't know that that's going to happen. i think the reason we're here is because it's captain kirk and that's it. >> this has also been -- this mission has been a dream of bezos's since he was a kid. this morning he actually posted pictures of star trek tri-quarters and communicators that he made out of paper and cardboard when he was a little kid. extraordinarily his mother actually kept that ...