This morning’s New York Times has an essay looking at “The Two Sides of ‘Star Trek’.” Below is an excerpt from the article.
It takes a certain mix of optimism and frustration to contemplate the possibility of space travel. To dream of navigating the cosmos is to assume that man has the resources and the know-how to propel himself into the heavens, but also some compelling reasons to exchange his home planet for the cold vast unknown.
It was these seemingly contradictory impulses that shaped “Star Trek,” the supremely influential science-fiction television series whose three-season run yielded 40 years of sequels and spinoffs including a new feature film about the origins of Kirk and Spock that opened on Friday. Yes, the series is at heart a geeky space epic, but it is also one with a political and historical context.
You can read the rest of the article HERE.
I am totally optimistic about space travel and thing we have to start thinking in more concrete terms. Read about harnessing the internet to market to the Klingons: http://www.aims.co.il/articles/klingon.html