#startrek

Today we're sending the first black person & the first woman to the moon.

But I know that Dr. Mae Jemson was the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Jemison

Also, Jemson became the first real-life astronaut to appear on #StarTrek
Here's Jemson as Lt. Palmer in #StarTrekTNG episode Second Chances talking to Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's Lt. Uhura, outside the set.
#Artemis #Artemis2

The most significant factor in Paramount's dismantling of #StarTrek is the $79 billion in debt the studio will take on when it closes the WB deal. https://www.cbr.com/paramount-dismantling-star-trek-9-year-streaming-run-real-reason/

Putting out a call to Star Trek fans here on Mastodon. Does anyone have an extra 2022 Hallmark Star Trek Replicator mug they're willing to part with? I'll pay for it and shipping. Our cat destroyed mine tonight and it was my favorite mug and my ritual to drink from it when watching Trek.

#starTrek #friendsofdesoto

Paramount+ axing #StarfleetAcademy and #StarTrekProdigy is an about-face to the search for younger audiences and the mission to inject new blood into #StarTrek 's aging fanbase. https://screenrant.com/star-trek-starfleet-academy-prodigy-young-audience-paramount-fail/

🖖 I strongly encourage most Star Trek and sci-fi fans to give 'Starfleet Academy' a chance with an open mind. The season 1 finale was very good IMO.

❌ Don't @ me if you're just going to disagree/troll. It's not a show for everyone but that's OK.

I do actually have more than a few critiques (ship design among them) but overall it's an interesting fresh take on Star Trek that feels accessible to new viewers (a good thing). "Space Hogwarts" is what my partner started calling it and Holly Hunter as "Headmaster" Captain Nahla Ake is a highlight for me, she's quirky and eccentric in such a fun way.

While I've been very slow to learn to like the Discovery spinoff timeline the series is set in — a distant future from established TOS/TNG canon — it's doing better world building and politics than most Trek since the 90s, largely because of the distance from "sacred" canon that nerds get so upset about.

Anyway I'm looking forward to season 2 and haters can suck my antimatter exhaust manifold 🖖🚀

#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy #StarfleetAcademyS01E10 #TV #scifi #ScienceFiction

Leave It to V'ger

#ExtraterrestrialShows #HashtagGames #StarTrek

#ScribesAndMakers day 24: What's a work of science fiction that you love? What do you love about it?

#StarTrek.

It's been with me my whole life. Between film, tv, books and podcasts, it's given me thousands of hours of entertainment.

It's given me a creative outlet and a connection to like-minded people.

It's given me a future to aspire to.

I would not be the person I am today without it.