Comments on: Enterprise crew at the Shuttle Enterprise, 1976 http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Murray Silverstone http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1173076 Murray Silverstone Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:05:00 +0000 #comment-1173076 Could the as-yet-unidentified figure between Roddenberry and Koenig be Robert Justman? http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Robert_Justman Original NASA photo here: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001363.html Could the as-yet-unidentified figure between Roddenberry and Koenig be Robert Justman? http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Robert_Justman

Original NASA photo here: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001363.html

]]> By: adamrice http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168130 adamrice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168130 Is it possible to squeeze any more nerd-melancholy into one photo? No. It is not. Is it possible to squeeze any more nerd-melancholy into one photo?

No. It is not.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168388 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168388 My goodness, Nemoy looks so young in this photo. My goodness, Nemoy looks so young in this photo.

]]> By: xunker http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168136 xunker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168136 No Shatner? No Shatner?

]]> By: IronyElemental http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168167 IronyElemental Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168167 DeForest Kelley: Turtleneck and Chain DeForest Kelley: Turtleneck and Chain

]]> By: Blunderbutt http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167913 Blunderbutt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167913 Sure, those suits look funny to us today. But by the time we get our next shuttle program going, everybody will be laughing at our archaic tradition of wearing pants. Sure, those suits look funny to us today. But by the time we get our next shuttle program going, everybody will be laughing at our archaic tradition of wearing pants.

]]> By: Garrett Fitzgerald http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168172 Garrett Fitzgerald Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168172 Koenig wrote about that day, too, in his book <i>Chekov's Enterprise</i>, a diary of his experiences filming <i>Star Trek: The Motion Picture</i>. Pretty cool look inside his head. :-) Koenig wrote about that day, too, in his book Chekov’s Enterprise, a diary of his experiences filming Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Pretty cool look inside his head. :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167917 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167917 ...to the Copa Cabana? ...where no tailor has gone before, man? Tour guide (to Bones): "Those little blue ones - about this high, with the funny heads - what planet did they come from again?" Bones: "Seriously, it was just a TV show. We weren't REALLY in space." It might just be my poor eyesight, but where's Jim? And who are the two dudes (and they are DEFINITELY dudes, in those suits) 2nd and 3rd from right, between Chekov and Spock? I think that Scotty is the bearded one lurking behind Sulu and Uhura. Update: I think the one in the brown is Gene Roddenberry. …to the Copa Cabana?

…where no tailor has gone before, man?

Tour guide (to Bones): “Those little blue ones – about this high, with the funny heads – what planet did they come from again?”
Bones: “Seriously, it was just a TV show. We weren’t REALLY in space.”

It might just be my poor eyesight, but where’s Jim? And who are the two dudes (and they are DEFINITELY dudes, in those suits) 2nd and 3rd from right, between Chekov and Spock? I think that Scotty is the bearded one lurking behind Sulu and Uhura.

Update: I think the one in the brown is Gene Roddenberry.

]]> By: ncm http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167920 ncm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167920 The joke was on the ST-TOS fans: that bird never flew. The joke was on the ST-TOS fans: that bird never flew.

]]> By: subspaceeddy http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167922 subspaceeddy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167922 Where's Captain Kirk? "Frankly Scotty I find this whole fucking episode quite irrational..." Where’s Captain Kirk?
“Frankly Scotty I find this whole fucking episode quite irrational…”

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167925 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167925 Well, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests">sort of</a>. Never made it into space, anyway. But certainly did fly a couple of times. Unless you're referring to the NCC-1701, of course, which would be funny as hell mounted to the top of a 747. As for the picture, man, those trouser creases are slicing my EEEEYYYYYEEEEESSS!!!! Well, sort of. Never made it into space, anyway. But certainly did fly a couple of times.

Unless you’re referring to the NCC-1701, of course, which would be funny as hell mounted to the top of a 747.

As for the picture, man, those trouser creases are slicing my EEEEYYYYYEEEEESSS!!!!

]]> By: Nemo1 http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168182 Nemo1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168182 It's 1976 We're standing here posing for pix We're wearing our boots and our leisure suits with bell bottoms thrown into the mix. It’s 1976
We’re standing here posing for pix
We’re wearing our boots
and our leisure suits
with bell bottoms thrown into the mix.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167928 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167928 By the way, dig the faint wide plaid on ol' Jim Broadbent's threads there between Koenig and The Bird. I'm having a hard time keeping my mind's eye from picturing the whole crew heading into DeForest Kelley's hot tub after the meet & greet. By the way, dig the faint wide plaid on ol’ Jim Broadbent’s threads there between Koenig and The Bird. I’m having a hard time keeping my mind’s eye from picturing the whole crew heading into DeForest Kelley’s hot tub after the meet & greet.

]]> By: Tony http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167932 Tony Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167932 George Takei has a funny anecdote about that very day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBd2zxsou0 I wish there was video of the speech and Nimoy's interruption! George Takei has a funny anecdote about that very day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBd2zxsou0 I wish there was video of the speech and Nimoy’s interruption!

]]> By: someToast http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168444 someToast Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168444 Also, thanks TinEye for finding a big version!   : ) http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/67680main_enterprise_trek_full.jpg Also, thanks TinEye for finding a big version!   : )

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/67680main_enterprise_trek_full.jpg

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167933 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167933 So, you are a “skant” fan? http://www.geeksix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/star-trek-mens-skirt.png So, you are a “skant” fan?
http://www.geeksix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/star-trek-mens-skirt.png

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167935 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167935 And this is a pretty cool remembrance of the day from George Takei: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBd2zxsou0 And this is a pretty cool remembrance of the day from George Takei:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBd2zxsou0

]]> By: St_Mediocrity http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167937 St_Mediocrity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167937 To boldly go where no International Man of Mystery has gone before! To boldly go where no International Man of Mystery has gone before!

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167956 wrybread Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167956 To boldly wear... To boldly wear…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167958 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167958 You can't knock that kind of style. Bones is ROCKING that suit. You can’t knock that kind of style. Bones is ROCKING that suit.

]]> By: Maneki Nico http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168730 Maneki Nico Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168730 I was beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise What I felt what I saw was a total surprise I looked around and wondered can this be? Or is this the start of my insanity? Oh but it's true As we went warp factor 2 And I met all of the crew Where's Captain Kirk? I went to the bridge and we were tossed about In the storm of a vortex I was hit with a doubt I saw in a dream in a memory of mine Was it you was it me who was in all the time Spock pulled me through As we went warp factor 2 And someone I saw I knew Who's Captain Kirk? So when I awoke from the dangers of space I looked and I saw a familiar face The time warp in space made a change in me For I was the captain and the captain was me Yes it's so true As we went warp factor 2 The changes I have been through As Captain Kirk I'm Captain Kirk Oh it's so true As we went warp factor 2 The changes I have been through As Captain Kirk I'm Captain Kirk Where's Spock? I was beamed aboard the Starship Enterprise
What I felt what I saw was a total surprise
I looked around and wondered can this be?
Or is this the start of my insanity?

Oh but it’s true
As we went warp factor 2
And I met all of the crew
Where’s Captain Kirk?

I went to the bridge and we were tossed about
In the storm of a vortex I was hit with a doubt
I saw in a dream in a memory of mine
Was it you was it me who was in all the time

Spock pulled me through
As we went warp factor 2
And someone I saw I knew
Who’s Captain Kirk?

So when I awoke from the dangers of space
I looked and I saw a familiar face
The time warp in space made a change in me
For I was the captain and the captain was me

Yes it’s so true
As we went warp factor 2
The changes I have been through
As Captain Kirk
I’m Captain Kirk

Oh it’s so true
As we went warp factor 2
The changes I have been through
As Captain Kirk
I’m Captain Kirk

Where’s Spock?

]]> By: Glossolalia Black http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168734 Glossolalia Black Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168734 From left to right: Dr. James D. Fletcher, NASA Administrator DeForest Kelley George Takei James Doohan Nichelle Nichols Leonard Nimoy Gene Rodenberry Walter Koenig From left to right:
Dr. James D. Fletcher, NASA Administrator
DeForest Kelley
George Takei
James Doohan
Nichelle Nichols
Leonard Nimoy
Gene Rodenberry
Walter Koenig

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167970 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167970 I don't mean to knock the guys because this really shouldn't matter, but I'm watching the live feed from the shuttle landing and the mission control dude fashion of today is "dorky IT dude" to the max. Today people "dress up" for work but don't really understand what they're doing or how the clothes should fit, so they look sloppy (at best). Of course, this is because the standard of "casual" dress has drastically changed and we no longer regularly wear suits or sport jackets (unfortunately). Most people today would look a *lot* better - and more professional - in casual clothes (not too casual of course) that they're comfortable wearing while at work. These guys in the photo (including just the random guys in suits, I don't mean the expensively tailored actors) look EPIC in comparison. I don’t mean to knock the guys because this really shouldn’t matter, but I’m watching the live feed from the shuttle landing and the mission control dude fashion of today is “dorky IT dude” to the max.

Today people “dress up” for work but don’t really understand what they’re doing or how the clothes should fit, so they look sloppy (at best). Of course, this is because the standard of “casual” dress has drastically changed and we no longer regularly wear suits or sport jackets (unfortunately). Most people today would look a *lot* better – and more professional – in casual clothes (not too casual of course) that they’re comfortable wearing while at work.

These guys in the photo (including just the random guys in suits, I don’t mean the expensively tailored actors) look EPIC in comparison.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167971 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167971 Oh, and Spock definitely won this fashion-wise - pull in the trouser flare a tad and he'd look sharp as heck strutting around NYC or LA in 2011. But, check out Bones' vomit-yellow shoes! Points for trying to pull that off, anyway. Oh, and Spock definitely won this fashion-wise – pull in the trouser flare a tad and he’d look sharp as heck strutting around NYC or LA in 2011.

But, check out Bones’ vomit-yellow shoes! Points for trying to pull that off, anyway.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167975 CH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167975 Awww... thanks for that link!!! Any Trekkie should watch that video! And after that this video, from amout 1:05 forward: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2015616n Awww… thanks for that link!!! Any Trekkie should watch that video! And after that this video, from amout 1:05 forward: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=2015616n

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1167985 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1167985 I don't know about Blunderbutt, but I'm not a big fan of the "skant"; at my age, a toga or even a mu-mu is more flattering. I don’t know about Blunderbutt, but I’m not a big fan of the “skant”; at my age, a toga or even a mu-mu is more flattering.

]]> By: ric http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1170047 ric Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1170047 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/07/pictures/110720-best-unforgettable-space-shuttle-pictures/?source=link_fb20110722unforgettableshutllepictures#/best-unforgettable-space-shuttle-pictures-star-trek_37690_600x450.jpg I prefer this shot for some reason. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/07/pictures/110720-best-unforgettable-space-shuttle-pictures/?source=link_fb20110722unforgettableshutllepictures#/best-unforgettable-space-shuttle-pictures-star-trek_37690_600x450.jpg I prefer this shot for some reason.

]]> By: Ernunnos http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1169032 Ernunnos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1169032 Those clothes are so Takei. Which is ironic, 'cause apart from the two-tone shoes, George is looking relatively staid and conservative there. Those clothes are so Takei.

Which is ironic, ’cause apart from the two-tone shoes, George is looking relatively staid and conservative there.

]]> By: facetedjewel http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168010 facetedjewel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168010 Do your worst making fun of the fashion then, but I'd have given my right ovary to be there. I graduated from high school that year. The 76er's still rule! Do your worst making fun of the fashion then, but I’d have given my right ovary to be there. I graduated from high school that year. The 76er’s still rule!

]]> By: hobomike http://boingboing.net/2011/07/20/enterprise-crew-at-t.html#comment-1168011 hobomike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1168011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvvHVbLt0J8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvvHVbLt0J8

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