Road Runner Posted November 15, 2021 Share #1 Posted November 15, 2021 I thought he would be on every talk show possible, discussing his recent adventure, but I haven't seen hide nor hair of him since his return to earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 15, 2021 Share #2 Posted November 15, 2021 TLDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted November 15, 2021 Share #3 Posted November 15, 2021 Have we heard from Richard Branson since he went up into space too? Short trips. Going up in zero gravity, etc. when you're around 80+ yrs. old is probably not a great idea, even despite the fact their health was probably checked before rocketing upward. Though we don't know/public not told, I wonder what the cut-off would be not to allow someone to go up into space... a diagnosed heart problem or?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted November 15, 2021 Share #4 Posted November 15, 2021 Shatner was overwhelmed with emotion after landing. Maybe he’s giving himself time to process. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 15, 2021 Share #5 Posted November 15, 2021 1 hour ago, shootingstar said: Have we heard from Richard Branson since he went up into space too? Short trips. Going up in zero gravity, etc. when you're around 80+ yrs. old is probably not a great idea, even despite the fact their health was probably checked before rocketing upward. Though we don't know/public not told, I wonder what the cut-off would be not to allow someone to go up into space... a diagnosed heart problem or?? Wasn't very lucky for Glen de Vries as his luck turned bad pretty quickly after the flight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted November 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Wasn't very lucky for Glen de Vries as his luck turned bad pretty quickly after the flight. He goes into space with Shatner and returns, only to die in a small plane crash in New Jersey. 49 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 15, 2021 Share #7 Posted November 15, 2021 Shatner is still probably fretting over his lingerie company going bankrupt . It seems nobody wanted to buy Shatner panties. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution maddmaxx ★ Posted November 15, 2021 Solution Share #8 Posted November 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, Road Runner said: He goes into space with Shatner and returns, only to die in a small plane crash in New Jersey. 49 years old. Never wear a red shirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan ★ Posted November 15, 2021 Share #9 Posted November 15, 2021 2 hours ago, maddmaxx said: Never wear a red shirt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted November 15, 2021 Share #10 Posted November 15, 2021 4 hours ago, shootingstar said: Have we heard from Richard Branson since he went up into space too? Short trips. Going up in zero gravity, etc. when you're around 80+ yrs. old is probably not a great idea, even despite the fact their health was probably checked before rocketing upward. Though we don't know/public not told, I wonder what the cut-off would be not to allow someone to go up into space... a diagnosed heart problem or?? He actually didn't go into zero gravity. The craft went up to the edge of space, where everyone's weight was about 95% of what it is on earth. Then it accelerated downward at the same rate gravity was pulling their bodies downward so they were falling at the same rate the walls, floor, and ceiling of the craft around them were and got the illusion of weightlessness. It's sort of like that butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling you sometimes get momentarily when an elevator begins to move down. Spacecraft that go into orbit have centrifugal forces pushing them away from Earth with the same force that their weight (mass x gravity) is trying to pull them toward earth, so orbital astronauts experience weightlessness because the two forces cancel each other out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted November 16, 2021 Share #11 Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Rattlecan said: I remember watching Startrek (the original series) with my father and when a non-major-character beamed down somewhere, Dad would say, "There's one that's not beaming back up." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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