WILLIAM SHATNER reveals REAL reason he cried when he returned to Earth

I remember my reaction when I was first presented with an opportunity to go to space. I said: 'No.' I turned it down not for lack of curiosity, or because I was afraid. Well, I was afraid, but that wasn't my primary reason. I turned it down because I'm an actor, not an astronaut.

Captain Kirk, the role I'd played in the original 1960s Star Trek series and, later, on the big screen, was a spacefaring hero.

But I was a real-life 90-year-old relying on the help of Medicare – the American health system for the elderly and poor.

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