William Shatner is sending messages to outer space — and getting a response!

More proof that we live in the future! William Shatner tweeted at an astronaut in space — who responded right away, in Star Trek language.

Wrote Shatner:

To which the Canadian Space Agency's Chris Hadfield responded immediately:

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The future is pretty awesome sometimes. [via The Atlantic]