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  • Shatner in Space

    From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 8 02:53:39 2021
    William Shatner will boldly go into space, on an 11-minute mission
    next Tuesday. See https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/10/04/blue-origin-to-launch-william-shatner-into-space-on-october-12-2021/
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    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Fri Oct 8 06:24:38 2021
    On 10/7/21 10:53 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    William Shatner will boldly go into space, on an 11-minute mission
    next Tuesday. See https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/10/04/blue-origin-to-launch-william-shatner-into-space-on-october-12-2021/


    If he's allowed to go to space at age 90, why can't Delos D. Harriman?

    Granted, Harriman wanted to go to the Moon, not just make a suborbital
    flight, but it's the liftoff which is stressful, not the rest of the trip.

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    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Andrew Love@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Fri Oct 8 11:39:10 2021
    On Friday, October 8, 2021 at 6:24:42 AM UTC-4, Gary McGath wrote:
    On 10/7/21 10:53 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    William Shatner will boldly go into space, on an 11-minute mission
    next Tuesday. See https://dailynewsbrief.com/2021/10/04/blue-origin-to-launch-william-shatner-into-space-on-october-12-2021/

    If he's allowed to go to space at age 90, why can't Delos D. Harriman?

    Granted, Harriman wanted to go to the Moon, not just make a suborbital flight, but it's the liftoff which is stressful, not the rest of the trip.

    Delos wrote some very restrictive laws to prevent space travel from getting a bad reputation. And I think Delos was particularly unhealthy (presumably Shatner can pass a health check before the flight - Delos couldn't even pass a cursory look, as I
    recall).

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Sat Oct 9 20:43:55 2021
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    If he's allowed to go to space at age 90, why can't Delos D. Harriman?

    Granted, Harriman wanted to go to the Moon, not just make a suborbital flight, but it's the liftoff which is stressful, not the rest of the trip.

    The New Shepard rocket has a maximum acceleration of 3 Gs on liftoff
    and 5 Gs on re-entry. That's not very stressful.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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