Is Star Trek the Most Important Fiction Ever?
The Next Big Future ponders this. This is fun … but more important than the works of Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Orwell, and so on? One commenter below the article writes: “If your sole criterion for judging...
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BuildTheEnterprise Venture Core Values
Image credit – Starfleet-PR website Commenter MH suggested that the BTE undertaking should establish some core values. I like this idea. And also I think that some of the core values and goals have...
View ArticleScotty (Seriously) Tells the Story of Cold Fusion
In looking around Jed Rothwell’s library of Cold Fusion (LENR) I ran across something remarkable. It’s a documentary made in 2001 and the narrator is none other than Scotty (James Doohan) from Star...
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Gen0 Enterprise Airship
Gen0 Enterprise Airship (image source unknown) Regarding airships, about a year ago I had the idea that what’s needed is a full size version of the USS Enterprise. This would be the Gen0 Enterprise. It...
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When The Starship Enterprise Almost Came to Las Vegas
In the 1990s, investors almost built a stationary, full size USS Enterprise in Las Vegas. This would have been a huge tourist attraction, and it would have fascinated people. The $150-million project...
View ArticleNight Flying RC Model StarTrek USS-Enterprise NCC-1701-D
Somebody had some fun with this. Click to about half way through to see him trying to fly it at night.
View ArticleAwesome Video About the Starship Enterprise
Thanks to commenter Nanard for finding this great video about the Enterprise and inspiration for space exploration.
View ArticleNorth Carolina Councilman says ‘I quit’ in Klingon
One way to quit your job. “Live long and prosper!” Mayor Alvarez responded.
View ArticleThe Stars are Close
While out taking a night walk, when looking up at the night sky a thought hit me: There are an awful lot of stars that are really close to us. When you look up at the night sky you can see a great many...
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Fictional Ships Approaching the Gen1 Enterprise in Size
Some people have said that the Gen1 Enterprise is too big, but compared to the latest fictional ships the sizes are not all that different. See here for a discussion on why the Gen1 ship is so big....
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Universe Today Article about the BTE WH Petition
First, reader Elijah Williamson-Jones on the BTE Facebook companion page made the petition symbol above. I really like it. I think it can help create more interest by tying the Enterprise, the Earth,...
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BuildTheEnterprise White House Petition Update
The BTE White House petition is here. The rate of new signatures has gone into slow motion. There are around 3500 signatures so far – but 25,000 are needed by January 21st! I would think that many...
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Need Help from the Star Trek Crew
We have now reached about 5000 signatures on the BuildTheEnterprise White House petition. And as I wrote here, last Friday we were fortunate to receive attention from many major media outlets regarding...
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Petition Update: Non-US Citizens Can Sign
At about 5500 signatures. Still a long way to go. Petition is here is HERE! Many people who are not US citizens have complained that they cannot sign the White House petition about the USS Enterprise...
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Is a 21st Century USS Enterprise Interesting?
The Death Star petition reached over 1000 signatures per day in its last week. The BuildTheEnterprise petition has eight days left and will need more than double that rate. The only hope for getting...
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Cool BTE Petition Proposed Ad – Beam Me Up!
The BuildTheEnterprise White House Petition is Here. Reader Eli Williamson-Jones, who had earlier come up the great symbol for the White House petition, has now expanded this into a suggested ad as...
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Space Surfing: Where No One Has Gone Before
The BuildTheEnterprise White House Petition is Here. Reader Eli Williamson-Jones came up with yet another great ad, or perhaps closer to a short pamphlet really. Click on the image below to see it full...
View ArticleVoyager 1 Keeps On Keepin’ On
Regarding Voyager 1 escaping the sun, a reader writes to me: “I can’t help but think about Star Trek, the Motion Picture which came out in ’79; 2 years after Voyager 1 was actually launched.”
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Nacelles on the Big E
For the sections of the Enterprise that house the engines, I’ve called them “engine hulls” on the BTE site. In Star Trek lingo, and for some Earth-based aircraft too, the word nacelle is used instead...
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Star Trek Optimism About Our Future
Image credit – Paramount movie Star Trek: Into Darkness I’ve seen a lot of web traffic coming to the BTE site over the past few days. I think this is in part due to the excitement about the new movie,...
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