Nine days ago, NASA celebrated what would have been Gene Roddenberry's 100th birthday. The following is stolen from the NASA posting. As I told Hunky Husband, one can certainly tell that the photo is from the 1970s by the leisure suits and bell bottoms.
Gene Roddenberry would have been 100 years old on Aug. 19, 2021, and we at NASA celebrate his legacy. As creator of the legendary Star Trek saga, Roddenberry's vision continues to resonate.
In the documentary “NASA on the Edge of Forever: Science in Space,” host NASA astronaut Victor Glover stated, “Science and Star Trek go hand-in-hand.” The film explores how for the past 55 years, Star Trek has influenced scientists, engineers, and even astronauts to reach beyond. While the International Space Station doesn’t speed through the galaxy like the Starship Enterprise, much of the research conducted aboard the orbiting facility is making the fiction of Star Trek come a little closer to reality.
In this image, the then Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong) hosted the Star Trek crew in 1976 for the rollout of space shuttle Enterprise. In front, from left: NASA Administrator James Fletcher, and the show's stars DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, show creator Gene Roddenberry, and Walter Koenig.
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Image Credit: NASA
Very cool and those giant collars, yuck. I watched a show a few years ago about all the technological advances that were inspired at least in part by Star Trek. One of the most interesting to me was from the Next Generation series and music. Lt. Commander Data was listening to 3 songs at once on the ship's computer. At the time the data required for 3 full songs would take up an entire hard drive of the average computer of the day. So after watching the episode a guy at Apple invented QuickTime which compressed music files allowing for iTunes and iPods and the total reinvention of the music industry.
Posted by: Ingineer66 | August 28, 2021 at 05:21 PM
Interesting about the music, Ingineer. Yes, I recall that music files that I programmed took a lot of space - compared to the space available in my little machine. That was ages ago - about 1989 - when I was working in silicon valley.
It was good of you to come by. Always happy to see your comments and I wish that you were blogging.
Posted by: Cop Car | August 29, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Thank you. I have been very busy with work and haven’t stopped by in a while. It is always nice to check in and catch up.
Posted by: Ingineer66 | September 03, 2021 at 10:46 PM