Lt. Uhura: NASA recruiter

Well, if she's what's waiting in outer space, sign me up!

From the late 1970's until the late 1980's, NASA employed Nichelle Nichols to recruit new astronaut candidates. Many of her new recruits were women or members of racial and ethnic minorities, including Guion Bluford (the first African-American astronaut), Sally Ride (the first female American astronaut), Judith Resnik (one of the original set of female astronauts, who perished during the launch of the Challenger on January 28, 1986), and Ronald McNair (the second African-American astronaut, and another victim of the Challenger accident).

Plus, it's a well-known story, but worth repeating - how Martin Luther King convinced Nichelle Nichols to stay on Star Trek

James Woods talks about being a geek and the future of science

Blackberry inventor to attempt to build Star Trek Tricorder

Mike Lazaridis, inventor of the BlackBerry smartphone, is starting a $100 million quantum technology fund that’s aiming to turn devices like the medical tricorder from “Star Trek” into reality.  

Apparently, in the future, doctors with cool devices will be
accorded the respect they deserve

More Star Trek medical devices can be seen here

Star Trek: Captain Worf - coming to a small screen near you?

Michael Dorn, who played the lovable Klingon Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has confirmed he is working on developing a spin-off series tentatively titled Star Trek: Captain Worf.

I'd watch at least the first couple of episodes!

Movie for a Saturday Afternoon: The Time Travelers

Astronauts and a future world of mutants in this strange, fun B Sci Fi from the early 60's