Startrek is one of the best scifi series which is widely watched by the scientific community. Most of the people I know who are in the top most positions in science and engineering are veteran star trek fans. It wasn’t a surprise to me either as people who can understand the stories and episodes are above average and this is one of the content they are interested in. Science Professors, engineers, computing geeks, physicists, Techies constitute the majority of audience startrek has. I see startrek more like an inspiration for science rather than a fantasy tv series which is unreal.

Startrek has introduced us a wide range of devices such as a PDA and a motion detection sensor. IF you have ever watched Futurama, you can see imitations of startrek in the scifi animated series which are interesting.

The latest series of startrek aka the “Enterprise” has been a fiasco with dwindling audience as the series progressed. The first two seasons were bland and the third season was kinda interesting because of futuristic content such as “Time travel” and battles in space. Many people were disappointed with the lackluster performance of startrek enterprise which is the least popular series of startrek ever. There are sites and conventions with the goal of reviving startrek enterprise such as Saveenterprise. Let’s hope that we would see more of startrek in the years to come.


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