William Shatner has said no to a free trip to space. Billionaire Virgin CEO Richard Branson reportedly offered the 75 year old actor a free seat on the first of his space-bound Virgin Galactic ships.  Tickets are projected to cost £114,000. 

Captain Kirk apparently commented, "I'm interested in man's march into the unknown but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me. I do want to go up but I need guarantees I'll definitely come back."  Not a ringing endorsement.

I say Shatner should give his seat to Lance Bass of 'N Sync.  If you remember, Lance was the only civilian to complete full cosmonaut training with the Russian space program but failed to raise the 20 Million dollars for his ticket into the great yonder. That way, Shatner can play the nice guy while skirting the responsibility of playing Branson's guinea pig in his own private space race.  And who can blame him?  After all, Shatner doesn't want to see his life come crashing down to earth in a giant flaming ball - probably his biggest fear next to his career and ego suffering the same fate.