Lessons From Star Trek: The VP Should Be A Scientist

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

When I was growing up in the 70s as a very young kid, I watched re-runs of the original Star Trek series. It was one of my favorite shows. I was only 2 years old when the series originally ended, but it was still running as re-runs when I was in elementary school and still is now at times.My favorite character was Mr. Spock. Captain Kirk was cool, but already as a young kid he struck me as illogical, full of himself, and reckless. Mr. Spock was the perfect balance as the First Officer of The Enterprise  to Kirk's instability. read more

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