You win a billion times. That is one of the best Trek episodes.

The process is perfectly safe, even—

The process is perfectly safe, even—

Especially near firebreathers...

This book tells the tale: http://www.amazon.com/The-Making-Sta…

They were really caught with their pants down, weren't they?

The most immediate application is in debates about space ship cloaking and how space battles will take place!

I view the situation as the joke being on them. Where by "joke" I mean "science..."

This proves it: I could watch Tyson being heroic all day.

Pretty cool!

Icon of 70s-80s evil? He's still the icon of evil!

We should go somewhere where we get the biggest return - in terms in impact on humanity and impact on space exploration. If we do that, then space exploration will do a better job of justifying itself.

Seriously, can we please stop referring to "____ movies" as "____ porn?"

NASA science and engineering teams are seriously considering Titan boats. Sadly, the Titan Mare Explorer lost out in the funding competition to yet another Mars lander.

There's also a great short-short story by Jorge Luis Borges: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Exacti…

When they escape the planet in Season 3, HUMANS WIN. THE END.

One of the things science fiction has ALWAYS done - and I hope will continue to do - is to imagine the way things could be "if."

I don't know how often they go back to the science consultant!

Thanks for taking the time!

How many physics simulations went into the CG renderings in "Gravity?"