"Capt. Kirk" Wakes Discovery Crew
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William Shatner, the actor who played Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek television series, provided a special message to the crew of space shuttle Discovery during the 3:23 a.m. EST wakeup call on Mon., Mar. 7. As Alexander Courage's "Star Trek" theme song played underneath, Shatner replaced the original television introduction with, "Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before." The "Theme from Star Trek" received the second most votes in a public contest from a Top 40 list for NASA's Song Contest. Shatner recorded the custom introduction for Discovery's final voyage -- its 39th flight and 13th to the International Space Station.
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It's not the same. Starship goes to any planet and back again. Space shuttle goes to a space station orbiting Earth.
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William Shatner on STS-133 Space Shuttle Mission
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Aaaand, you're go for outlook!
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Gene would be so proud! I cant help but think that those words, spoken by that voice, made each of them swell with emotion--to be a real live part of the phenomenon that was Star Trek. Truth is, Star Trek was the show that best personified the ever-questing spirit of man, no other show, no other series ever came close. William Shatner, as Capt James T. Kirk, DID boldly go. And we all followed, and I believe, will keep following that voice, that directive, that spirit, to the final frontier.
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I really like this introduction.
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we need one more movie with capt. Kirk
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Whos the old bag?
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Carl Sagan did it better. No drama Shat.
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We salute you Captain Kirk!!!
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FANTASTIC!!, THANKS FOR THE THRILLS DISCOVERY AND ALL WHO FLEW WITH HER !!
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next ones? theme star wars :)
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perfect fit? put the Lost sound at the end
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This pulls at on every heartstring I have, and it does the same to the rest of my family. God bless the Space Station, and God bless William Shatner.
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Great Bill. You are the best. thanks for doing that pretty darn cool
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"Take us out."
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@Kliffy77 Yal bo3ba3i G*ddamn it baby!
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James T!!!
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Amazing.
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It is pretty lame after the lift-off The first 35 seconds were good, the remaining time was just still shots to the music. This could have been better but the ship jumped the shark.
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