(2003) TV commercial: Crest White Effects Toothpaste. (1998) TV commercial: Microsoft's "WEB TV". (2003) TV commercial: Kellogg's All-Bran Cereal. (2004) TV commercial: Priceline.com, with Leonard Nimoy.

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Shatner didn't pay for his new historic record - he flew on the New Shepard rocket for free - but others can, and already have: Another Blue Origin passenger, Oliver Daemen, at age 18, became the youngest person (and first teenager) to reach space because his dad, a private-equity executive, bought him a seat.

Shatner was born on March 22, 1931, in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a Conservative Jewish household.

The estimated speaking fee range to book William Shatner for live events is $100,000 - $200,000, and for virtual events $100,000 - $200,000.

Financier and philanthropist Pathy, Ohio real estate and tech entrepreneur Larry Connor, and Israeli businessman Eytan Stibbe each paid $55 million US for the rocket ride and stay at the ISS.

For a suborbital trip on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo and Blue Origin's New Shepard, seats typically cost $250,000 to $500,000. Flights beyond that to actual orbit - a much higher altitude - are far more expensive, fetching more than $50 million per seat.

Kirk's religious views have never been expressly stated. He seems fairly atheistic when he talks about how if God exists he exists within the human heart. But he also has some lines within the original series suggesting a more Christian outlook, particularly when they encountered Apollo.

'Star Trek' Director Jonathan Frakes on 'Discovery's' Religion vs. Science Debate. According to series showrunner Alex Kurtzman, the concept of belief was in mind as a theme from the very beginning of planning for Discovery season two. “In the original series, religion doesn't exist,” he says.

William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity, it was announced Tuesday.

The pay grades for civilian astronaut candidates are set by federal government pay scales and vary based on academic achievements and experience. According to NASA , civilian astronaut salaries range from $104,898 to $161,141 per year. Here are a few of the benefits offered to civilian astronauts: Health care.

The future of private spaceflight This isn't the first time individuals have paid their way to space. A company called Space Adventures brokered several such missions to the space station in the early 2000s, booking rides for wealthy thrill seekers on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.