Inspired Enterprise: How Nasa, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Glen E. Swanson, Margaret A. Weitekamp (Foreword by)Publish date:7/15/2025Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Schiffer PublishingISBN-13:9780764369360ISBN-10:764369369UPC:9780764369360Book Category:Performing Arts, ScienceBook Subcategory:Television, Space ScienceBook Topic:Genres, Space Exploration, History & CriticismWeight:0.0992Product ID:SCPTQCZ4X7
Inspired Enterprise: How Nasa, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry sought to create a work of science fiction that would immerse viewers not only through clever storylines and modern visual effects, but also by presenting the story in a scientific and technological context that felt believable. To this end, Roddenberry, a former WWII combat pilot, used his connections in the aerospace industry to seek out the latest and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Schiffer PublishingISBN-13:9780764369360ISBN-10:764369369UPC:9780764369360Book Category:Performing Arts, ScienceBook Subcategory:Television, Space ScienceBook Topic:Genres, Space Exploration, History & CriticismWeight:0.0992Product ID:SCPTQCZ4X7
Weitekamp, Margaret A.: -
Swanson, Glen E.: - Glen Swanson discovered the connection between NASA and Star Trek during his time as chief historian at the Johnson Space Center, a position he held from 1998 to 2002. He is also the founder of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly, the world's only peer-reviewed journal focusing on the history of spaceflight, which has been in continuous...
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