Biography: This site, Foogle Business,  is mainly a political site but it is also an interesting information data bank. The subject here, Star Trek, has been chosen not only because of its political views but because of its great success. Not forgetting the popular spoof recording of Star Trekkin, which you can listen to here. 

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A Star - any massive, self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources. Of the trillions of stars comprising the universe, only a very small percentage are visible to the naked eye. Many stars occur in pairs, multiple systems, and clusters. The members of such stellar groups are physically related through common origin and are bound by mutual gravitational attraction. Somewhat related to star clusters are stellar associations, which consist of loose groups of physically similar stars that have insufficient mass as a group to remain together as an organization.

This article describes the properties and evolution of individual stars. Included in the discussion are the sizes, energetics, temperatures, masses, and chemical compositions of stars, as well as their distances and motions. The myriad other stars are compared to the Sun, strongly implying that “our” star is in no way special.

Gene & Majel Roddenberry  

Gene & Majel Roddenberry, founders of Star-Trek

Gene Roddenberry was born in El Paso, Texas on August 21, 1921. His mother was a Carolyn Goleman, a local girl, and Eugene Roddenberry, a native of Georgia and a World War I veteran. Fortuitously, before Gene was two years old, the family moved to Los Angeles where his father became a policeman, a job he held for twenty years.

Growing up in Los Angeles Gene attended Franklin High School, he was a member of the debate team and played guitar in the family band. In the Thirties popular entertainment came mainly in the form of radio, movies, and pulp-paper fiction magazines. Gene read stories passionately and listened to the radio at every opportunity.  It was all a training ground for a young boy’s very vivid imagination.

On another page, we have spoken of things of the future and how Science Fiction has played its part in Science Fact.

Science Fiction is the Mother of Science-Fact, and its Father is money. © 1995 Roy G Symonds BA

  

Science Fiction

All that comes to pass has mostly been written about before it happens; the imagination of the author is always more often than not the first step to any futuristic plan. Those that flew to the Moon were once children exited by stories of our future in space. Without conscious thought and imagination, knowledge would not exist and science is indeed impotent without money. It lacks desirability without fiction to discover it and the cash to pay for it.  Gene Roddenberry went where no one had been before, when he travelled to the stars in his enterprising mind. 

He himself declared that:

"The funny thing is that everything is Science-Fiction at one time or another." -- Gene Roddenberry

Majel Barrett, Nurse Christine Chapel, the voice of The Computer, and among others of course, Lwaxana, Deanna Troi's mother in TNG, The Next Generation after Kirk, are seemingly somewhat superfluous characters and one's that could be hated for being quite annoying. But Majel Barrett, AKA, Majel Roddenberry, is the First Lady of Star Trek. Not only was she a co-founder of the concept, but has appeared or featured in more episodes than any other actor.

Majel and Gene had been secret lovers for several years when they decided it was time to marry,  he asked her to join him on a visit to Japan, but was still not divorced. Nevertheless, as neither were overly religious, they took the opportunity to have a Shinto-Buddhist wedding on 6th August 1969. Whilst they always considered this day as their real wedding, when his divorce was final, the marriage was legalized on 29th December 1969, with a civil ceremony, in the USA. 

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Star Trekkin   by     The Firm   1987
 
Chorus: 
Star Trekking, across the universe, 
On the Star ship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekking, across the universe, 
Boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse.

Lt. Uhura, report!

Uhura:
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
starboard bow, 
starboard bow. 
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
starboard bow, Jim.
 
Analysis, Mr. Spock!
 
Spock: 
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, 
not as we know it, 
not as we know it. 
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, 
not as we know it, Captain. 
 
Uhura: 
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
starboard bow, 
starboard bow. 
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
starboard bow, again. 
 
Chorus: 
Star Trekking, across the universe, 
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekking, across the universe, 
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse.
 
Medical update, Doctor McCoy
 
McCoy: 
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim.
Dead, Jim.
Dead, Jim.
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim.
Dead, Jim, Dead.
 
Spock: 
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, 
not as we know it, 
not as we know it. 
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, 
not as we know it, Captain. 
 
Uhura: 
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
starboard bow, 
starboard bow. 
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
starboard bow, Jim! 
 
Starship Captain, James T. Kirk
 
Kirk: 
Ha-ha! We come in peace, shoot to kill,
shoot to kill,
shoot to kill.
We come in peace, shoot to kill, 
shoot to kill, men. 
 
McCoy: 
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim.
Dead, Jim.
Dead, Jim.
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim.
Dead, Jim, Dead.
 
Spock: 
Well, it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, 
not as we know it, 
not as we know it. 
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, 
not as we know it, Captain. 
 
Uhura: 
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
starboard bow, 
starboard bow. 
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, 
scrape 'em off, Jim.
 
Chorus: 
Star Trekking, across the universe, 
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk! 
Star Trekking, across the universe, 
Boldly going forward, and things are getting worse! 
 
Engineer, Mister Scott

Scotty:
Ye canna change the laws of physics,
laws of physics,
laws of physics!
Ye canna change the laws of physics,
laws of physics, [yet|Jim]

Kirk:
Oh, we come in peace, shoot to kill,
shoot to kill,
shoot to kill!
We come in peace, shoot to kill,
Scotty, beam me up!

McCoy:
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim!
Dead, Jim!
Dead, Jim!
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim!
Dead, Jim, Dead!

Spock:
Well, it's life, Jim, but not as we know it,
not as we know it,
not as we know it.
It's life, Jim, but not as we know it,
not as we know it, Captain.

Uhura:
There's Klingons on the starboard bow,
starboard bow,
starboard bow.
There's Klingons on the starboard bow,
starboard bow, aaagain!

Scotty: Ye canna change the script, Jim!  <garbled>

McCoy:  It's worse than that, it's physics, Jim!

Kirk:   Bridge to engine room, warp factor nine!

Scotty: Ach!  If I give 'er any more she'll blow, Captain!

Scotty: Ye canna change the status of the (auxiliary) ax'l engine 

 
eh?!

     <<boom>>

Na..na..na..na..na..na..na..na..na

Chorus:
Star Trekking, across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk!
Star Trekking, across the universe,
Boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse!

Star Trekking, across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk!
Star Trekking, across the universe,
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse!

We come in peace, shoot to kill.

Wait and MOBY will sing "Woman"

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