  Lizaanne Member Username: Lizaanne Post Number: 132 Registered: 06-2007 |
http://www.detroitsciencecente r.org/upcoming_exhibits.html I am SOOOO looking forward to this!!! | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9339 Registered: 10-2003 |
That stuff is from the Hilton in Vegas. They dismantled it after they couldn't agree to a lease renewal. Looks like they are bringing quite a bit of it here, too bad Quark's Bar won't be included. I always enjoyed a Romulan Ale or a smoking vessel of red something or other before going on the rides. | ||
Eastsideal Member Username: Eastsideal Post Number: 267 Registered: 10-2007 |
Really doesn't have a lot to do with science though, does it? | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9341 Registered: 10-2003 |
Well it attracts nerds, and nerds like science, so... I mean, I see the correlation. Nerd and proud. | ||
Bibs Member Username: Bibs Post Number: 317 Registered: 10-2003 |
By chance, I attended a conference at the Hilton in Las Vegas and went through the exhibit. It was awesome. | ||
Ferntruth Member Username: Ferntruth Post Number: 734 Registered: 11-2006 |
"Really doesn't have a lot to do with science though, does it?" Perhaps not, but if it brings people in the door, is it a bad thing? In my case, it was BECAUSE of shows like Star Trek that I grew up with an interest in science. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9357 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: You and pretty much everybody working at NASA. I'm sure the original prototype for the Shuttle wasn't called Enterprise on accident. | ||
El_jimbo Member Username: El_jimbo Post Number: 934 Registered: 12-2006 |
Star Trek was a MAJOR influence on technology and technology research. It brought a lot of people to science and it sparked their imaginations (don't you think the original flip top communicator that Kirk used in the original series didn't inspire flip phone cell phones?) | ||
Sludgedaddy Member Username: Sludgedaddy Post Number: 277 Registered: 01-2008 |
Looking forward to the new Star Trek film to be released this Spring.Helmsman Sulu is to be portrayed by that Asian actor who portrayed Harold in the Harold and Kumar stoner films. Since Sci-Fi invokes the question "What If?", I wonder if he'll be wearing a a pair of Speed-o's with a hemp leaf on the front package ala the Olymiam Toker, Mr. Phelps, under the Star-Fleet uniform? | ||
Detroitpetanque Member Username: Detroitpetanque Post Number: 214 Registered: 09-2006 |
I see that folks can win a WEDDING on the bridge of the Star Trek Enterprise... Cool! | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3803 Registered: 11-2007 |
Boy, talk about extremes on here. I'm in the middle, neither fan nor newbie. | ||
Ltdave Member Username: Ltdave Post Number: 332 Registered: 09-2006 |
wife, daughter and i are going tomorrow... were going to do the IMAX too... | ||
Alfie1a Member Username: Alfie1a Post Number: 169 Registered: 10-2007 |
El jimbo says: "Star Trek was a MAJOR influence on technology and technology research. It brought a lot of people to science and it sparked their imaginations (don't you think the original flip top communicator that Kirk used in the original series didn't inspire flip phone cell phones?)" Flying machines. Vessles that can reach the depths of the oceans. Trips to the moon. Who'da thunk? Unless we blow ourselves up first, our species will eventually see all the cool things in Star Trek come to reality. IMO. And, no doubt we will be considered a virus by some of the others who certainly must inhabit our universe. | ||
Detroitchef Member Username: Detroitchef Post Number: 103 Registered: 09-2008 |
How about them hot green skinned gals? When are they gonna come to reality, because I'm tired of tricking chicks into sitting still long enuff to hit them up with KryoLac. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 6577 Registered: 12-2005 |
I recall one episode of the original Star Trek where you could spot a flip clock on a console. It was an analog clock with digits that suddenly flipped over to the next number. It seemed advanced at the time but in reruns it's laughingly obsolete. Wiki's Analog clock with digital display shows how it worked. | ||
Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 165 Registered: 11-2006 |
Anyone know where I can go nearby and get a TOS style shirt? I want to go but I want to take some pictures in the captain's chair. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 6660 Registered: 11-2004 |
I'm looking forward to seeing the exhibit. It's good fun pop culture; to which some of it has influenced technology today. I don't think this is part of the exhibit though.  | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 1931 Registered: 11-2003 |
quote: I thought I read that pictures are not allowed. Hopefully, I am incorrect. | ||
Sludgedaddy Member Username: Sludgedaddy Post Number: 284 Registered: 01-2008 |
Orion Slave-girl Crack Ho's....Yeah!!!! | ||
Bob Member Username: Bob Post Number: 1241 Registered: 11-2003 |
FYI...the prototype space shuttle was originally called "Constitution" but was changed by popular demand to "Enterprise" as a tribute to Star Trek. | ||
Fho Member Username: Fho Post Number: 54 Registered: 11-2003 |
Has anyone been to see this? Is it worthwhile? |
