William Shatner, 91, said that seeing Earth from space aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket last fall was a profoundly saddening experience....
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2022-10-09T20:05:18Z
In an excerpt from his new memoir, Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder, revealed that the 91-year-old Star Trek star was struck with one of the 'strongest feelings of grief' he had ever experienced.
Shatner wrote that rather than being filled with awe, as he expected to be, the sight of Earth's warm blue glow surrounded by the cold black of space left him feeling like he was at 'a funeral.'
The excerpt was published by Variety journalist Marianne Williamson, and offered a deeper insight into Shatner's reaction to his space flight with Blue Origin than he has previously revealed.
The revelations come a year after Shatner was seen to be
He said seeing the Earth so fragile filled him with sorrow to think about how man kind is so flippant about its destruction.
'It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered. The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness.'
'My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration,' he added. 'Instead, it felt like a funeral.'
When Shatner first touched down after his Blue Origin landing last year, he was seen to be deeply moved by the experience.
As others celebrated by popping champagne and cheering, Shatner stood despondent with his hands in his pockets and staring at the ground.
When Bezos approached him, Shatner broke down in tears as he tried to explain to Bezos what he was feeling.
'To see the blue color whip by and now you're staring into blackness, that's the thing,' he said. 'The covering of blue, this sheath, this blanket, this comforter of blue that we have around, we say, 'Oh, that's blue sky.' And then suddenly you shoot through it all, and you're looking into blackness, into black ugliness.'
'As you look down, there's your blue down there with the black up there. There is Mother Earth and comfort and there is - is there death? I don't know. Is that the way death is?'
'I'm so filled with emotion with what just happened. I hope I never recover from this,' he said, embracing Bezos. 'It's so much larger than me and life, and it hasn't got anything to do with the little green hand or the little blue orb.

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