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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/william-shatner-is-bound-for-space-but-the-rest-of-us-will-have-to-wait/
- Published: 2021-10-13T09:00:16-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org