When Captain James T. (Tiberius) Kirk said these words, those of us who enjoyed the adventures of the Enterprise and her crew, were whisked into the future, for an amazing look at strange new worlds.
The show tried to remain scientifically accurate and this aspect of the show made it all the more real to us viewers. Warp speed, phasers, teleportation, tricorders, and communication devices were all props from the future, but here we are in 2012 and, we may not be traveling at light speed, or being transported on light beam, but laser weapons are beginning to be deployed, we have medical scanners, cell phones perform many of the same functions attributed to the communicator, and tricorder...that future is rapidly becoming our reality.
Yesterday we boldly landed a Rover on Mars. We will be searching for life on another planet...looking for water, and trying to find answers to the myriad of questions that haunt, and tease us with new and exciting knowledge.
I celebrate and applaud the work performed by NASA, I look forward to hearing about the Red Planet and what secrets we may reveal by exploring it. This is a big moment for mankind, one which may yield big advances for the inhabitants of the third planet from the sun.
We may not find Dilithium crystals but we must follow our instincts... to boldly go where no one has gone before!
The show tried to remain scientifically accurate and this aspect of the show made it all the more real to us viewers. Warp speed, phasers, teleportation, tricorders, and communication devices were all props from the future, but here we are in 2012 and, we may not be traveling at light speed, or being transported on light beam, but laser weapons are beginning to be deployed, we have medical scanners, cell phones perform many of the same functions attributed to the communicator, and tricorder...that future is rapidly becoming our reality.
Yesterday we boldly landed a Rover on Mars. We will be searching for life on another planet...looking for water, and trying to find answers to the myriad of questions that haunt, and tease us with new and exciting knowledge.
I celebrate and applaud the work performed by NASA, I look forward to hearing about the Red Planet and what secrets we may reveal by exploring it. This is a big moment for mankind, one which may yield big advances for the inhabitants of the third planet from the sun.
We may not find Dilithium crystals but we must follow our instincts... to boldly go where no one has gone before!
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