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'The most profound experience I can imagine': Emotional William Shatner recounts space trip

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Cited on HN 3 times, 2021–2023, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN mentions it mostly critically, calling the clip clickbait, or to point out how early the Bezos moment occurs.

A CNN segment showing William Shatner emotionally describing his Blue Origin suborbital flight to Jeff Bezos right after landing.

1 citations · 2 critical · News · news from the time

3 Hacker News comments

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@rhtgrg May 2023 Cites it
on HN thread A good day with Jeff Bezos
> there was more that happened before that bit It was after this bit. Probably when Bezos realized the optics. > or which was edited cynically, got an inaccurate impression Ironic to be posting an inaccurate comment, while lamenting inaccuracy... Here, you can see just how early this happens: [this video]
Shows how early the Bezos moment happened in the clip
@ryandrake Oct 2021 Pushes back
on HN thread The Overview Effect – William Shatner's Words After Returning from Space
The clip [1] was kind of gross. Shatner is standing there, trying to make a thoughtful, serious, genuine statement about his feelings, and Bezos is repeatedly turning his head away, looking at everything else, like a kid distracted by an iPad. The champaign popping and the women in the big sunglasses yelling "wooooooo" like they're at a dance club was just icing on the cake. Finally, after all the horseplay was done, he turned back and gave the guy a chance to articulate. 1: [this video]

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