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5/22/13

Star Trek star says NASA is hiding alien evidence

Wed, 22 May 2013 6:50a.m
3News

Alice Eve in Star Trek Into Darkness

British actress Alice Eve is convinced NASA experts are hiding discoveries of alien life after taking part in an online chat with NASA astronauts as part of her promotional duties for the new Star Trek movie.

The blonde beauty joined her Star Trek Into Darkness director JJ Abrams and co-stars Chris Pine and John Cho for the special Skype session at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas last Thursday, when they connected virtually with an astronaut onboard the International Space Station.

Eve found the online meeting fascinating, but it left her with a lot of questions and suspicions the space men weren't telling the truth when they were quizzed about lifeforms on other planets.

Story continues here: 3news.co.nz

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5/18/13

How 'Star Trek' inspired NASA, astronauts and more

“Star Trek: Into Darkness.” (PARAMOUNT PICTURES)

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The interstellar voyages of the Starship Enterprise have captured imaginations around the world for decades.

Astronauts, movie makers, scientists, engineers and others from all walks of life cite "Star Trek's" science and technology as an influence on their lives and worldview. But why? What makes "Star Trek" the enduring and thrilling science fiction epic it is today?

The optimistic crew led by Captain Kirk in the original series and Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" gave a science-minded generation an outlet for expression, Dr. Mae Jemison, one of the astronauts inspired by the show said.

"I saw 'Star Trek' the original series as a little girl and for me it was really great because it talked about and it dealt with situations that were going on at the time, but you saw it with a lens of another place, another time, another world, another group of people,"

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5/15/13

Star Trek's Warp Drive May Actually Work (VIDEO)

Star Trek Into Darkness

Jillian Scharr
Space.com

In the "Star Trek" TV shows and films, the U.S.S. Enterprise's warp engine allows the ship to move faster than light, an ability that is, as Spock would say, "highly illogical."

However, there's a loophole in Einstein's general theory of relativity that could allow a ship to traverse vast distances in less time than it would take light. The trick? It's not the starship that's moving — it's the space around it.

In fact, scientists at NASA are right now working on the first practical field test toward proving the possibility of warp drives and faster-than-light travel. Maybe the warp drive in "Star Trek Into Darkness," the franchise's latest film opening this week, is possible after all.

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