Blue Origin poised to send NFL, TV’s Strahan into space

mm hmm. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Tomorrow we're having another man uh and um William Shatner is going to be on it. Um So it's time Captain Kirk actually, physically got up into space. I'm kind of excited about that. He and Mr Speaker, we're the ones that got me interested in space and science fiction and and everything else. So from junior high age up to now, where William Shatner is actually in our town fixing to go up uh into space, you know, it's kind of like the whole circle now, for me, this is a big deal for our town in terms of uh tourism, you know, the hotels are filling up, the restaurants are staying busy, the gas stations are staying busy, more so than usual. Uh we have pretty good traffic through here, but we're wanting people to come in and stay for a while and uh this is giving us a focal point to get people at least that are interested in space travel and science fiction to come out here and see that it's not just fiction anymore. Look,
mm hmm. Mhm. Yeah. Mhm. Tomorrow we're having another man uh and um William Shatner is going to be on it. Um So it's time Captain Kirk actually, physically got up into space. I'm kind of excited about that. He and Mr Speaker, we're the ones that got me interested in space and science fiction and and everything else. So from junior high age up to now, where William Shatner is actually in our town fixing to go up uh into space, you know, it's kind of like the whole circle now, for me, this is a big deal for our town in terms of uh tourism, you know, the hotels are filling up, the restaurants are staying busy, the gas stations are staying busy, more so than usual. Uh we have pretty good traffic through here, but we're wanting people to come in and stay for a while and uh this is giving us a focal point to get people at least that are interested in space travel and science fiction to come out here and see that it's not just fiction anymore. Look,

Blue Origin poised to send NFL veteran Michael Strahan, five others into space

Updated: 7:36 AM EST Dec 11, 2021

Video above: Blue Origin brings space tourism to Texas townJeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, is about to send former NFL great Michael Strahan into space — with a football. The former New York Giant prepped Saturday for a morning blastoff from West Texas. Five others will join him on the 10-minute flight, including the eldest daughter of the first American in space, Alan Shepard. Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket is named for him.Strahan packed his Super Bowl ring and his newly retired No. 92 jersey for the ride. Bezos also put a football aboard that will go to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.Laura Shepard Churchley is taking up a tiny part of her father's Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, which soared in 1961, as well as a few mementos that accompanied him to the moon on Apollo 14 in 1971.This is Blue Origin's third passenger flight. Bezos, who founded Amazon six years before Blue Origin, was on the debut launch in July. The second, in October, included actor William Shatner — Captain James Kirk of TV's original "Star Trek."The reusable, automated capsule will be especially crowded this time. Instead of four, there will be six flying, including four paying customers.Blue Origin originally targeted Thursday for the launch, but high wind forced a delay.

Video above: Blue Origin brings space tourism to Texas town

Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, is about to send former NFL great Michael Strahan into space — with a football.

The former New York Giant prepped Saturday for a morning blastoff from West Texas. Five others will join him on the 10-minute flight, including the eldest daughter of the first American in space, Alan Shepard. Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket is named for him.

Strahan packed his Super Bowl ring and his newly retired No. 92 jersey for the ride. Bezos also put a football aboard that will go to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Laura Shepard Churchley is taking up a tiny part of her father's Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, which soared in 1961, as well as a few mementos that accompanied him to the moon on Apollo 14 in 1971.

This is Blue Origin's third passenger flight. Bezos, who founded Amazon six years before Blue Origin, was on the debut launch in July. The second, in October, included actor William Shatner — Captain James Kirk of TV's original "Star Trek."

The reusable, automated capsule will be especially crowded this time. Instead of four, there will be six flying, including four paying customers.

Blue Origin originally targeted Thursday for the launch, but high wind forced a delay.