William Shatner jokes with crowd at New York Comic Con about space flight: 'I'm Captain Kirk and I'm terrified'

'I feel comfortable, but I'm also uncomfortable. I'll be very happy when we go up and ... we're safe,' William Shatner says. '[And] we have that moment of inspiration which, I feel, will be there when we're looking into the vastness of the universe.'

William Shatner spoke to a crowd at New York Comic Con on Thursday evening, just days before he will blast into space on a sub-orbital flight.

Much of his 45-minute speech included talk of the 90-year old actor's other projects, including his album, but near the end he explained how he got interested in blasting off. Jason Ehrlich, a friend and the producer of Shatner's show"Better Late than Never," came to him about a year and a half ago and encouraged him to consider going into space. "'You know, they are starting to send these rockets up with people into space.

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