I suspect Bezos did want to hear it, but the whole emotional-mix – dominated for Bezos by his other-associates hooting-and-hollering – limited his ability to do

I suspect Bezos did want to hear it, but the whole emotional-mix – dominated for Bezos by his other-associates hooting-and-hollering – limited his ability to do so in the moment. Shatner, whose career & big personality I love, is probably used to being listened to. He's later-in-life than Bezos and from a career of storytelling & emotion. In that situation, I'd have rather heard Shatner's immediate thoughts, than the generic euphoria of one more successful mission. But I still don't think Bezos wronged Shatner with his divided attention. Bezos has already had the same experience. Bezos is at a earlier stage-of-life, & comes from a career of ruthless accounting & physics efficiencies. While most space-fans would be sufficiently star-struck to give Shatner the kind of focused attention that a celebrity usually gets, Bezos's own celebrity, fame, & space-experience – not to mention his personal & professional relationships to all the others there – put him far past that. I think the analogy from NYT's David Streitfeld, that this was a "Kirk/Spock" moment, is closest to the fair truth: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/science/bezos-shatner-star-trek.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/science/bezos-shatner-sta...