It seems that billionaire Richard Branson has offered William "Captain Kirk" Shatner a free trip on the maiden voyage of his private space shuttle Galactic, but the good Captain has refused.
So is it because he doesn't want to give Branson free publicity? Nope.
Is he sick of his Captain Kirk persona? Nope.
Does he think it might tarnish the memory of his role as T.J. Hooker? Nope.
In Shatner's own words, "I'm interested in man's march into the unknown but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me." Now that's a vote of confidence for privately funded space flight.
How unlike Alien's Sigourney Weaver who has already booked her place on the two-and-a-half hour flight. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the mama Alien crashes out of a storage closet mid-flight and brings it down in a fiery crash and continues a bloody rampage across the earth. Then we'll all see that Bill's not scared he's just smart.
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