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You think about it. he is completely at the whim of how things unfold. and he is powerless to do anything about it. he is just a passenger on board this rocket. it is a thrilling experience. and i'm really -- he's a friend and it is -- he's excited about it. i'm delighted. but just right now, you know, he's putting on a good face, but he's about to take a very large risk and he doesn't really have any control over any soliloquies in the middle of it. so i'm sure he's feeling butterflies very strongly. when he lies down in the the seat on board the vehicle, that's when he's really going to feel...

Us. we're going to continue to follow the launch. and we're up above 11 minutes it looks like now on this hold. waiting for updates as to what's behind it. >> yeah. we're waiting for not only to find out what's behind that hold, but then once of course it is lifted, we're waiting to see william shatner and his crew make their way out there to the launchpad. we saw them in the truck with jeff bezos at the wheel. chris boshuizen who was riding shotgun in the truck. we'll follow this. we're going to take a quick break. when we come back, the latest from west texas and this historic launch just ah...

Help that. that is one step along the way. >> we're looking at live pictures there about 54 minutes away from the launch, launch site one in west texas. miles, you made the point before on this broadcast when we were covering the last blue origin launch that that's actually the way commercial air travel began, right? as the denizen of the very wealthy. over time it became something that all of us had access to. this is still a very tiny group of folks who can even think about the cost of this, and by the way, there is pictures of shatner and his fellow crewmates, again, less than an hour befor...

Launch and run into the jet stream or something, it can be really disruptive to how well the rocket can control itself. they got a lot of stuff to watch and if they're looking at something, you know, bill shatner is 90 years old, he can wait a couple more hours or another day for a launch if he has to. >> if he has to. it is important what you point out, there have been 17 launches, but only one other crude launch we saw in july. i know as jim pointed out, you've known shatner for years. as i understand it, you know, you also have been in touch with him, texting with william shatner. he told m...

I was 30 when al shepherd flew. if i die today, i'm 90, led a full life. i'm probably not going to die. this is a great experience and it's worth the risk. you've got to get that settled inside yourself so then you can actually live the moment. talking to bill, i'm pretty sure he's done all those things. >> thinking of that, someone who has lived 90 years, all the technological advances they have witnessed over that time period, we lad scott kelly, a very experienced astronaut on, 520 days in space. miles o'brien, he described it as punching a hole in the sky, right? space is hard even if you'...