Star Trek: Space, The Final Frontier

Star Trek continues to be a cultural phenomenon because of the timeliness of the philosophies it strives to incorporate in its narratives. Furthermore, the series and its creator, Gene Roddenberry, advocate the core natures of humanity: its innate goodness, the beauty in its diversity, and its curiosity. These advocacies continue to enlighten a new generation of viewers and engender principles of embracing difference and transcending the present to achieve

Battlestar Galactica an epic space opera about the last remnants of humanity, the few survivors of nuclear attack banded together in fleet of spaceships, on an intergalactic journey to find there mythic homeland of Earth. Though there are other versions of this television show this paper refers to the 2003 reimagining by showrunner Ronald D Moore. On the surface Battlestar Galactica might not look like it has a lot in common with The Torah, the story of the Jewish people who after an exile from their homeland ended up founding Israel, but when looked at closely these two stories share many commonalities. The book of Exodus, found in The Torah as well as the old testament of the Bible, tells the story of the enslaved Jewish people who are lead, by Moses, out of Egypt and after a long and harrowing journey arrive at a divinely promised homeland. In the following books of Numbers and Deuteronomy we learn that Moses is forbidden from entering the Promised Land after disobeying God. Battlestar Galactica also features a people who have lost their home, the Colonist, who end up living under an oppressive regime on New Caprica. Their leader, President Roslin, is prophesized about in a holy text to have been predestined to lead the Colonist to their new home. Both the narrative in The Torah and in Battlestar Galactica share many similar beats; they feature a long suffering people, made up of twelve tribes, searching for a promised homeland,

Space exploration needs to start happening again because the US is starting to fall behind other countries such as Russia and India. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “The Soviets sent the first multi-person crew and the first international crew into orbit. They made the first spacewalk, launched the first space station, and were the first to put a manned space station into long-term orbit” (Tyson 122). The Soviets beat the US to everything other than the moon. The Space Race was a competition between mainly the US and Russia. Neil Degrasse Tyson says in his book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, “the USSR held that high ground until 1969, when, courtesy of von Braun and colleagues,

"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too." This quote was made by John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1962, and it encompasses the dedication the US had to winning the Space Race, a space technology race between the United States and Soviet Russia. The Space Race would soon become a huge competition led by many big factors and decisions. Overall, The Space Race started with the USSR's launch of Sputnik, an event which fueled nationalism in both countries, and ended with the United States landing a man on the moon.

The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “ The Inner Light” is a story about Captain Jean- Luc Picard, who was struck unconscious by the by an energy beam from an alien probe. He was unconscious for 25 minutes. While he was unconscious for 25 minutes, he experienced 40 years of a lifetime as Kamin, who has a lovely wife named Eline. The show was only 45 minutes long, but it reveals something true about life: the true of one must decide what is real and what is not to conduct one’s life. The “ Inner Light” discusses how one must allow oneself to accept the reality in order to make any improvement in life.

Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise” encompasses time travel exploration. The show starts out with Enterprise ship D traveling through space as an exploration/peaceful mission ship. They encounter a “time displacement” (which is where new activities replace old ones) causing their ship to transform into a battleship without anyone on board realizing that something was amiss (with the exception of one). The “time displacement” was speculated to be caused by a space battle with photon torpedoes, which is explained later in the story to be a fiery battle twenty-two years ago between the Enterprise C and a Romulan warship (Romulans are a humanoid race within the Star Trek series). After entering the displacement Enterprise

What does this tell us about our society? Are we becoming dependent of I-phones (for our way of thinking) and GPS systems for geographical directions to places? Next you’ll be telling me that for our societies way we’ll be dependent on Holograms, which by the way are very simple programs. They remind me when I used to watch Star Trek in the 1970’s. They were for pre-recorded responses,designed to give the impression of intelligence;of thinking.

On October 4th, 1957 the simple action of launching a beachball-sized hunk of metal into our orbit, reshaped the lives of people in the United States and across the world for the next years to come. This small ball of metal was Sputnik, a Soviet satellite with a radio transmitter inside letting out a small “beeping” sound. This object, as unsophisticated as it was, had the power to set the entire country into panic. To US officials this action not only made it clear that the Soviet superpower of Russia was more technologically advanced, but for all we knew they could be putting nuclear warfare into space. To the US this thought was unbearable, and because of this it would go on to set off a race of the century, the Space Race. A race to put technology into space, a race that would change American life at home and in foreign policy. From changes within the school system, to the Red Scare, life would be changed drastically in the years to come, not only in the U.S, but in Russia as well.

Soon after the ending of World War II, the United States had another battle to win: -- the Space Race. The Space Race was a competition of firsts against the Soviet Union. Which nation would be the first to have a man in space? Which nationality would take the first space walk? Who would be the first to have a man on the moon? These were the questions that swirled through the minds of Americans and Russians alike. After Russia took the lead, it was time for the U.S. to set out to do what seemed impossible— -- land a man on the moon. But before this began, Americans had some preparing to do. Gemini 9A was one of these preparations.

Who said that space travel was only for the US and Russia? To that, I say HA. There were probably over 24 countries in the Great Space Race, but we made it to the moon first. The one space agency that was most interesting to me was JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). "The challenge -- including transporting the components to space -- may appear gigantic, but Japan has been pursuing the project since 1998, with some 130 researchers studying it under JAXA's oversight".

On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space called, “Sputnik”. It was the start of one of the biggest races in the world called “The Space Race”. But it isn’t the start of the race that is questionable but the very end. On July 19, 1969 the United States supposedly landed 3 men on the moon. More than a billion people around the globe watched this event occur on their television sets as Neil Armstrong said “That’s one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.” But was it really a giant leap for mankind? Or was it one of the ways the U.S tried to fool us into believing they really did land on the moon? The Space Race wasn’t only about being the first to land on the moon but would also be a major sign of dominance over the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Many believe the U.S was not capable of accomplishing this so they had no choice but to fool the world into believe they landed on the moon and won the Space Race.

My team and I are heading to the Enterprise for just one day around, new years. The Star Trek will be demolished around late February. The January trip is so my team and I can prepare for what will be the last shoot on the set at stage nine. Some of my crew will be driving from Charlotte, NC, Columbia SC and Atlanta, GA. I figured you may be nearby seeing your parents. I have a seat for you if you like; all you have to do in return is take a few photos. It would be nice to see you again; I will likely already be on set before your drive down. It would also be nice because you could meet my Brother in Law, GF, cinematographer Pierce cook and possibly Erik Lee and his Fiancé will be there.

Space. Space exploration was started by the curiosity of the world around us. People started observing stars and needed a way to look closer. The telescope was invented and more and more discoveries were made. Questions were being answered but other questions arose. Could humans leave Earth’s atmosphere? Are there other planets like ours? Where are we in this universe? And are we alone? Questions were being asked. Some were answered and some were not. Time moved along and space exploration grew. People were experimenting and researching. Robert Goddard, being one of them. Robert Goddard was able to launch the first successful liquid fueled rocket on July 27th 1927. This was a start to the future of space exploration. Goddard was then able to launch a rocket with a barometer and a camera. 18 years later Earth’s sound barrier is broken. In the following decade The Soviet Union launched Sputnik-2 with the first living passenger, a dog named Laika. Soon after the U. S. S. R launched Luna-1 which became the first artificial object to leave earth. The Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon July 20th 1969. Finally NASA launched the first Mars exploration rover, spirit, which landed on Mars. Space exploration revolutionized humans. One question to be solved is could humans live on another planet? NASA already intends on launching humans to Mars. Living on another planet will not be as convenient as Earth

The phenomenon that is Star Trek began on September 8, 1966 on NBC. From that night on, America would forever be different. At a point in time where the cowboys were falling from the small screen and science fiction was on the rise. However, there has and never been and will never another be a program as well known as Star Trek. The first time the show aired, it only saw 3 years before NBC canceled the show, and almost 20 years went past before it re-aired in its new form. The cult following that kept the show alive still drives its success today.

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