Yes folks, the Star Trek original series debuted on September 8, 1966, forty years ago. The first episode: the salt monster!
I can only imagine how many of you out there have watched this show... I know I've pretty much seen every episode. In fact, I thought
I was pretty geeky until I met a friend at college who could name every episode by the picture of the planet that flashed at the start of
each episode.
Gene Roddenberry was a visionary who, in the best tradition of science fiction, inspired people to expect more from themselves and from the future.
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