Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Trek Into Space History

On this day in 1976, NASA's prototype space shuttle Enterprise was rolled out of its assembly facility in Southern California and displayed before a crowd of several thousand. Among those in attendance were most of the officers of Star Trek's starship NCC-1701, including Leonard Nimoy, future Internet superstar George Takei, an apparently sleepy DeForest Kelly, and a gloriously bearded Jimmy Doohan.

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  1. Christopher, I absolutely LOVE your blog and everything you post here. These were all the shows and whatnot that I loved as a kid. Do you have Facebook page or Twitter for this blog? Thanks.

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    1. Yeah, there's a Facebook page. I don't have a separate Twitter feed, but you can follow me at @AtomicPulp.

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    2. Great! I found the Facebook and it looks like I already follow you on Twitter. Thanks. Keep up the great work!

      BTW, my brother doesn't have internet, and I've told him this blog is the #1 reason to get it. :)

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  2. Had this been one year later, they probably would've named it the Millennium Falcon.

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  3. I remember it like yesterday... It was a super bright day on the tarmac, so I'm sure De was reacting to the sun. Great pic sir.

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