Blue Origin Delays Sending Star Trek Actors To Space, Here's Why!

The Blur Origin flight carrying William Shatner has been temporarily suspended. (photo: blue origin)

JAKARTA - Blue Origin seems to be delaying the launch of Star Trek actor William Shatner into space this week due to bad weather hitting Texas, United States (US).

The Blue Origin mission operations team has made the decision to postpone the launch of the NS-18 rocket carrying Shatner previously scheduled for Tuesday, October 12, and is now targeting Wednesday, October 13.

Citing Engadget, Monday, October 11, the new flight is scheduled for 08:30 (13:30 GMT). Shatner, 90, will become the oldest person to ever go into space, having previously been won by aviation legend Wally Funk, aged 82.

Funk recently departed with Blue Origin's VP of missions Audrey Powers and two company executives, Chris Boshuizen of Planet Labs and Glen de Vries of Medidata.

Further, the journey will take Shatner and the crew of the NS-18 rocket just beyond the Karman line, 62 miles (100 kilometers) high, where they will experience four minutes of weightlessness and gaze at the curvature of the Earth.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin's decision to invite Captain Kirk from the sci-fi series Star Trek for his second crewed flight was aimed at helping sustain the nascent space tourism sector recently.

Some claim this Shatner flight covered issues, in which Blue Origin was claimed to have a toxic corporate environment and allegations of refusing to deal with sexual harassment as well as a poor attitude towards safety, the environment and basic internal criticism.