Star Trek Inspires People ‘to Boldly Go’
Exploring the Enduring Legacy of Optimism, Individualism, and Innovation in Star Trek
They used to say that if man was meant to fly, he’d have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to. —Captain Kirk, Star Trek, “Return to Tomorrow”
In the 1960s, the idea of using a computer to effortlessly find any piece of information was unheard of. But Star Trek (1967–1969) depicted just that: a computer plugged into a galaxy-wide database that c…
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