Star Trek: The Show That Changed The World

[Darren Dirt]

The 40th anniversary is coming up in September... Check out this info. re. the biggest reunion in the history of the Federation!





"Star Trek: The Show That Changed The World" anniversary special event



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Trivia for y'all: neither Microsoft nor Apple Computer would have ever existed (at least not in any kind of creative, innovative form) without Star Trek -- as an example, apparently Wozniak would leave work at H.P. just to watch Trek, it inspired him that much...

The Message



The result was a TV show with a positive message about the future of humanity, the most important aspect of which is that there will indeed be a future for humanity in space.It was this message that inspired certain individuals to work to bring that future closer to a reality, people like Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates, Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson, physicist Stephen Hawking, space shuttle astronaut Mae Jamison, comedian Whoopi Goldberg, Palm-One product design architect Rob Haitani, and many other engineers, scientists, entertainers, and entrepreneurs.



The Result



Because of STAR TREK, a young industrious Trekkie named Marty Cooper went on, with the help of his Motorola team, to create the first mobile cellular phone, giving birth to the start of a communications revolution.



Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer with the SETI Institute (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) which works alongside NASA, credits Star Trek with synthesizing the physics and astronomy of the search for extra-terrestrial life with the emotional and intellectual drive to know and understand the rest of our universe.



The evolution of the computer, the microchip and software programs is peppered with Star Trek influences, from the primitive Altair 8800 (named after a Star Trek solar system) and its evolution into the first Apple computer to the rise of Bill Gates and Microsoft. And as a result of Star Trek, human operating systems also began to reflect this futuristic vision. The USS Enterprise sickbay, under the medical supervision of Doctor McCoy, specialized in quick diagnosis and scalpel-free, painless – surgery. For Stanford University Hospital brain surgeon Doctor John Adler, this protocol was the only way forward. Today, non-invasive diagnostics – CAT scans and MRIs – are a matter of course. Inspired by Star Trek technologies, Adler has invented the Cyberknife – a computer-controlled robotic device that employs a laser beam to remove cancers without even the smallest cut.

Apparently a film is even going to be made, starting in May of this year, with a bunch of the old ST celebs, apparently called "Star Trek: Of God and Men" (one of the producers, Sky Conway, says it'll be like "Star Trek meets It's A Wonderful Life"; he was saying the movie will even be available for free download for the 40th anniversary, September 8th -- see http://www.libertyinstitute.org , or better yet listen to this radio interview, especially starting at the 36 minute point: http://mp3.rbnlive.com/Marc/0602/20060225_Sat_Marc.mp3 )

[Mr. Analog]

Wandering minstrel of Woe; Bill Shatner should go on tour this year.



'Trek taught us to think differently, 'Wars taught us how to sell those thoughts.