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In 2021, William Shatner made history again. At that time the legendary one flew Star Trek-Actor, better known as Captain Kirk, also went into space in his real life. What he saw there touched him deeply – and it depressed him. There was nothing but death out there in the darkness, the then 90-year-old actor stammered upon his return, while space taxi sponsor Jeff Bezos shook the champagne. “My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral,” Shatner later wrote.
