Star Trek Then and Now

Space. The final fronteir. These are the jorneys of the star ship Enterprise.

In 1966 Star Trek was just beginning. Being seen on t.v.(which was recently new), was a story of men in space. 45 years ago space was just being explored. It was not until 1969 that Neil Armstrong landed on the moon. Star Trek was actual life in space. That doen't even happen now. Space travel is possible, but living, actual living is not seen. Gene Rodenberry imagination expored the future and life beyonf Earth. Today, watching shows like this we can see modern day technology. The flip phone. Enterprise Captin James Kirk uses a device similar to a cell phone when wanting to contact his ship from the planet. Also, the bluetooth. Lutenit Ahora is seen wearing an ear peice to listen to radio signals and contact others. Bluetooth was introduced not long ago, and yet it has been around scince the 1960s. What about Skype. Not long ago, Skype was avaliable to contact with video live in different parts of the world. Skype was used in the episode of Star trek to comunicate between Kirk and the stastusdwells. They were far away aand yet communicating with site and sound.

Although I believe Roddenberry was influenced by the technology during the 1960s, there was not much but television and cameras to be influence by. Therefore, I believe that Roddenberry and other sci-fi writters influence the scientists and inventors of technology. 45 years is a long time, and yet some things in Star Trek don't exsist today. The most interesting would be the teleporter. 1895, H.G. Wells wrote The Time Machine. The thought of traveling through space or ending up min a different place without moving was introduced by sci-fi writters. People like Roddenberyy and Wells used their imagination to create the future we live in today and the future we will never live in.

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