Star Trek cast and the real Enterprise
Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine posted their picks for the 50 most memorable images from NASA's half-century history. Of course, this list will ignite debate like rocket fuel on a campfire, but I got a special kick out of the image above. From the Air & Space caption:
Shuttle Enterprise with cast of Star Trek, 1976 NASA’s prototype space shuttle was to have been named Constitution, but fans of the Star Trek TV show mounted a write-in campaign that led to it being named Enterprise. Here the show’s cast (minus William Shatner) poses with the test craft.Top 50 NASA Photos of All Time
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Yes, people really did dress like this in the 70's. ::sigh::
I'm having a Life on Mars moment.
What's the story behind Shatner not being present?
CINEMAJAY @3, because you know there must be one. ; )
Far out!
That's a cool set of pictures, but I just can't consider a list like this complete without "A Pale Blue Dot".
Man, I sniffly just thinking about it.
A friend of mine is a private pilot here in DC. He landed at Dulles airport one day and was taxiing around in his little Cessna, when he came up upon this shuttle!! It was parked there for years, waiting for the Udvar Hazy expansion of the National Air and Space Museum, where it resides today. I remember in high school seeing this fly in -- is was on the back of a giant jet, and they flew it over washington metro area a couple of times so everyone could see it.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/UdvarHazy/
I love the stylin' suits with the giant shirt collars outside the jacket. You can't keep a collar that big held down!
From what I understand from hearing George Takei, Shatner NEVER shows up to anything he's invited to then bitches about not being invited.
He's lost without Spock... er Nimoy as his assistant.
@8 - beat me to it!
It's a damn shame the one named Enterprise never flew a live mission.
I remember my c. 1976 suit as a kid; kelly green, with a light green shirt with the collar out. Since the shirt sleeves were way too long, I also turned them up over the sleeve of the coat. I was stylin'!
So, where can I get a print of this?
Enterprise challenge quiz: how many vessels can you list that bore the name? (fictional and historic)
Head's up... the photo links to the Clark Ashton Smith stuff on Amazon by accident.
...The Shat never showed up to a *LOT* of these promo ops. Chalk it up to his ego combined with his not getting paid for the appearance. He didn't even show up for Gene's funeral.
Why is Walter Koenig so pale?
COWICIDE @15, thanks, fixed!
It's fun to see images of the beginning of the shuttle program when it's so near its end.
Man, George Takei looks the least gay of all of them.
> #17 - Why is Walter Koenig so pale?
Just back from a long space mission and the space craft's tanning booth was on the fritz.
Doesn't this Enterprise appear in one of the Star Trek movies? I think Kirk has a model of it in a glass case?
This creates a strange loop, where the real Enterprise is named for the fictional Enterprise, which is fictionally named for the real Enterprise.
Whoa!
Is it possible that Shatner wasn't there because he was getting acting gigs?
#20 How can you make such an intollerent statement? I mean look at those wingtips that he's wearing. Finely tuned gaydar ALWAYS scopes out the shoes, man.
Shatner never did much Trekkie spots like this because he honestly didn't like be associated with the Trekkie crowd. He didn't enjoy being type-cast.
This is why he didn't do other sci-fi ventures, and why he wanted more "actiony" contemporary roles like "TJ Hooker" ect.
He also liked being paid for spots like this. Most of the cast did freebie stuff - conventions, autographs, ect. Shatner though he was better, and was the real star/ego of the show.
Wow,
"it's been a long road, getting from there to here"
deforest kelley dressed quite fly.
Sadly, people don't dress half as well anymore. Tattered jeans, over-sized clothes, ugly shoes, casual wear that people shouldn't be wearing outside their work, leave alone work etc.
Hell, I see a good number of pocket squares in that picture. It makes me weep to see even bums of the 1930s dressed in better style than the millionaires of our day.
DeForest Kelley seems to be wearing exactly what he was wearing when he made his bearded entrance in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Takuan@14:
Enterprise challenge quiz: how many vessels can you list that bore the name? (fictional and historic)
Do you mean how many wessels? Including nuclear wessels?
Virgin Galactic seems to be planning to name their first spaceship Enterprise.
@#13: I think all NASA photography is in the public domain, so find a high-res version somewhere (e.g. ask NASA PR) and print away. (Model-release laws still prevent you from using images in ads, i.e. implying that people recognizable in the photo (or NASA itself) endorse the thing being advertised. But other than that, go nuts).
@#23: Yeah right. Recording weird covers of Elton John, more likely.
@#20 MRFantasy
L... O... L.
Be sure to photoshop T.J. Hooker in.
@ #14:
I'm gonna say 11.
They go to 11?
Lessie...there was the original non-fiction enterprise, the one named after the fictional Enterprise, that's two...and then the NX-01, the NCC-1701, the NCC 1701-A in Star Trek 5, the 1701B, C, and D, The FUTURE 1701 D, the E, the J...
And then there was that episode in the Next Generstion where the spacetime continuum tore up and all the enterprises from parallel universes were all in the same placer together. So, I guess the real answer is INFINITY.
...I'm not sure, but I think I may be the geekiest person alive.
FOURFIVEFIRE: I was just making a Spinal Tap reference, but to join you in total geekdom,(adjusts pocket protector) remember that in the show Enterprise, Capt. Archer had three examples of ships that had previously born the name on his wall, the 2nd of which was the aircraft carrier you mentioned, the third was the space shuttle (above) you also accounted for, but the first was a clipper ship, I believe, so that makes at least 12 then. I'm willing to provide for at least one unaccounted for, to make a nice round 13. =D
And when you think about it, there must have been an F, G, H, and I Enterprise between E and J, which were never shown. So that makes at least 16 that we know of. 17 if you count the one I threw in for good measure. =D
Mah geek cred is shot! I bow down to the master!
Something tells me TAKUAN has us both beat. ;D
The NASA photo is
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1204.html
A funny Classic Trek re-edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc
Worth spreading, IMO.