Roddenberry comic
The Oatmeal created a comic which you really should check out. It can be found here. The comic tells the story of a plane crash, in which the 25 year old co-pilot goes back into the burning plane to rescue passengers and lead a group of survivors through the desert to find help. The co-pilot was named Gene Roddenberry, and after these events he stopped being a pilot and became a writer and eventually created Star Trek. In these...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Loved Star Trek
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a pastor, was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He had a profound effect on the ending of inequality between blacks and whites in America. His “I Have a Dream” speech is considered by many to be one of the best speeches in modern times. Dr. King is also the youngest male to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. King used a lot of methods to combat unequal treatment of African-Americans,...
Great Birds of the Galaxy head for the Stars
Gene and Majel Barrett Roddenberry will take one final voyage in 2014, when their ashes are launched in space. Star Trek actor James Doohan’s ashes launched into space in May 2012, using Celestis, Inc., the leading company doing memorial spaceflights. “Fulfilling a pledge made to Majel in 1995, Celestis, Inc. will launch my mother and my father together, side-by-side, on an infinite journey into deep space aboard their...