Τετάρτη 29 Νοεμβρίου 2017

Enterprise





Make it so.
(...and set phasers on "stun")

One or two thousand years from now,
if humanity has survived,
Gene Roddenberry, a great visionary and communicator,
will be remembered together with History's great Philosophers.
Will human society ever live-up to Gene's vision?








Schooner USS Enterprise
25 meters, 1799-1823

Sloop of war USS Enterprise
35 meters, 1877-1909

CV-6 Enterprise
Yorktown Class
247 meters, 1938-1960

CVN-65 Enterprise
Enterprise Class
World's first nuclear carrier
342 meters, 1961-2017

Orbiter Enterprise
Space Shuttle Test Vehicle
First vehicle built
38 meters, 1976-2012

CVN-80 Enterprise
337 meters, 2027-(2075?)

Enterprise NX-01
225 meters, 2151-2161
Captain: Jonathan Archer



USS Enterprise, NCC-1701
Constitution Class
288 meters, 2258-2263
Captain: James T. Kirk



Kelvin Timeline
USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A
Enterprise Class
762 meters, 2258-2263
Captain: James T. Kirk



USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A
Enterprise Class
305 meters, 2286-2293
Captain: James T Kirk

USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-B
Exelsior Refit
511 meters, 2293-2329
Captain: John Harriman

USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-C
Ambassador Class
526 meters, 2332-2344
Captain: Rachel Garrett

USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D
Galaxy Class
642 meters, 2363-2371
Captain: Jean-Luc Picard


USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-E
Sovereign Class
685 meters, 2370-....
Captain: Jean-Luc Picard


Warp  9 = 1516.38 times the speed of light: 100 Light Years in 24 days.
Warp  7 = 656.14 times the speed of light: 100 Light Years in 56 days.
Warp  5 = 213.75 times the speed of light: 100 Light Years in 171 days.
Warp  2 = 10.08 times the speed of light: 100 Light Years in 10 years.
Warp  1 = 1 times the speed of light: 100 Light Years in 100 years.

To travel the 25000 Light Years to the center of the galaxy at warp 9.5 will take 29 years.
To travel the 2500000 Light Years to the Andromeda galaxy at warp 9.5 will take 2916 years.
To travel the 4.2 Light Years to Proxima Centauri at warp 9.5 will take 42 hours.



THE CREW OF THE 3-SEASON and 7 FILMS ORIGINAL SERIES (STAR TREK, TOS)
Sulu, Uhura, Nurse Chappell, Chekov, Scotty
Spock, Captain James T. Kirk, "Bones" McCoy


THE CREW OF THE NEXT GENERATION 7-SEASON and 4 FILMS SERIES (STAR TREK, TNG)
Wesley Crusher, Tasha Yar, Warf, Data, Geordie LaForge
William "Number One" Riker, Deana Troi, Captain Jean-Luc Piccard, Doctor Beverly Crusher





17 September 1976: Test Orbiter Enterprise and:
Dr. James C. Fletcher (NASA Administrator), DeForest Kelley (Dr. "Bones" McCoy), George Takei (Mr. Sulu), James Doohan (Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott), Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura), Leonard Nimoy (the indefatigable Mr. Spock), Gene Roddenberry (The Great Bird of the Galaxy), Democratic Congressman Don Fuqua, and Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Chekov).

I photographed the Enterprise at Stanstead airport, August 1978.
Second star to the left and straight 'till morning!
Warp 9. Engage!




 ~      Gene Roddenberry's vision: the Star Trek Universe      ~ 

Space: The final frontier.
These are the voyages of the star ship Enterprise
its continuing mission:
To explore strange new worlds
to seek out new life and new civilizations
to boldly go where no one has gone before.

approximately 557 hours of Television and Cinema
709 episodes and 13 films



TV Series

poster

title abreviation aired from to Seasons /Episodes
Star Trek:
The Original Series
23d century:
2266-2269
(TOS) 
8 September 1966  3 June 1969   79
Star Trek:
The Next Generation
24th century:
2364-2370
(TNG) 28 September 1987 23 May 1994 7 178
Star Trek:
Deep Space 9
24th century:
2369-2375
(DS9) 3 January 1993 2 June 1999 7 176
Star Trek:
Voyager
24th century:
2371-2378
(Voyager) 16 January 1995 23 May 2001 7 172
Star Trek:
Enterprise
22nd century
2151-2155
(Enterprise) 26 September 2001 13 May 2005 4 98
Star Trek:
Discovery

22nd century
2256-...
(Discovery) 24 September 2017 ... ... ... 1 (+?) 6+



Feature Films

poster

number title premier
1
Star Trek,
The Motion Picture

(TOS)
23d century:
2273
1979 
2 The Wrath of Khan
(TOS)
23d century:
2285
 1982
3 The Search for Spock
(TOS)
23d century
2285
 1984
4 The Voyage Home
(TOS)
23d century
2286
 1986
5 The Final Frontier
23d century
2287
1989 
6 The Undiscovered Country
(TOS)
23d century
2293
 1991
7 Generations
(TOS & TNG)
23d & 24th centuries
2293 & 2371
 1994
8 First Contact
(TNG)
24th century
2373 & 2063
1996 
9 Insurrection
(TNG)

24th century
2375
1998 
10 Nemesis
(TNG)
24th century
2379
 2002
11 Star Trek
(Kelvin Timeline)
23d century
2258
 2009
12 Star Trek Into Darkness
(Kelvin Timeline)
23d century
2260
 2013
13 Star Trek Beyond
(Kelvin Timeline)
23d century
2263
 2016
14 Star Trek Untitled Sequel
(Kelvin Timeline)
23d century
2265?

 ????



 ~      Gene Roddenberry 1921-1991      ~ 


 ~      the Star Trek Universe 1965-beyond      ~ 




"In the 24th century there is no poverty, sickness or hunger.
We don't use money.
We work only to improve ourselves doing what we love.
Our greatest strength is our diversity."


Live long. And Prosper.













Παρασκευή 24 Νοεμβρίου 2017

Thanksgiving






Our Tenth New England Thanksgiving for our Italian family in Marco and Paola's house in Forlì! I've been cooking-up a storm since Wednesday...Doesn’t get any better than this! It just gets better every year!A 14 lbs bird with all the trimmings! Sage stuffing with raisins and walnuts, cranberry sauce, peas and bacon in cream, yams with butter and brown sugar, mashed potatoes, corn with butter, spinach with Philadelphia cheese, cole slaw, corn muffins and fruit ambrosia in whipped cream featuring bananas, pineapple, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, raisins and walnuts, Alessandra's cheesecake and eighteen family and good friends.Happy Thanksgiving everyone!(thanks for the great photos Connie!)










































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