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Star Trek has been a part of my life since I can remember. Back in the early 80’s when I was a wee babe I fondly recall watching the reruns of the 70’s Star Trek cartoon on Saturday mornings and then reruns of TOS in the evening. My mom was a Trekkie from the 60’s so she explained all the characters and the whole back story. She told me about the planets they visited and the mission of the Federation and how Star Trek was a positive, peaceful view of the future. I mean let’s be real, when I grew up in the 80’s Sci-fi was a pretty dark place: Aliens, Predator, Terminator, Robocop, and so on. Star Trek’s positive view of the future was unusual, enthralling, and very inspiring to my young, malleable mind.
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