Great summation, Ivy Matt!
You know, they’re having a “Science of Star Trek” panel discussion at the World Science Festival, NYC.
Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Galapagos Art Space
The original Star Trek and its numerous successors were far ahead of their time, but just how far? Will science eventually catch up to this series’ nearly five-decade-old creations? With Lawrence Krauss and moderator Faith Salie, explore the plausibility of scientific phenomena from the Star Trek universe, including warp speed, time travel, humanoid aliens and whether anyone in our universe will be “beamed up” by transporter anytime soon.
Perhaps I should crash the panel and raise the issue of the gap – getting from now to then, and ways sci-fi community could be more proactive in shining a light on emerging technologies, especially fusion.
Anyone else out there want to go? All part of networking.