William Shatner is bound for space, but the rest of us will have to wait

Photo caption: Space companies like Blue Origin are grabbing headlines with the promise of a new era of space tourism, […]. Photo credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images. Article by Nell Greenfieldboyce. NPR – October 11, 2021.

Star Trek’s Captain Kirk is about to boldly go where hundreds of others have gone before, continuing a decades-long tradition of space flights for non-astronauts who are wealthy or famous or well-connected — or all of the above. As for ordinary folks without deep pockets — well, the final frontier might be opening up a just a bit, but opportunities still basically come down to contests and luck. […]

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