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06-29-2016, 02:17 AM
'Star Trek' USS Enterprise model to live long and prosper at the Smithsonian
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Ask a Trekkie "What happened to the Enterprise?" and they're likely to tell you it was destroyed by Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek III: The*Search*for Spock.
From a Star Trek ca**n perspective, they'd be right. From a real-world perspective, though, they'd probably be missing the point.
SEE ALSO: Star Trek communicator replica is worthy of the Enterprise (http://mashable.com/2016/06/23/star-trek-tos-communicator-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
There is a model of the USS Enterprise from the original 1966-69 television ****** that survives to this day. It has just undergone a major restoration and rebuild, thanks to The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (http://blog.nasm.si.edu/behind-the-scenes/enterprise-model-on-display/).
The 11-foot model appeared during the second season of the original Star Trek ******, in the memorable The Trouble with Tribbles*episode. It joined the museum's collection in 1974. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/star-trek-enterprise-smithsonian/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Ask a Trekkie "What happened to the Enterprise?" and they're likely to tell you it was destroyed by Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek III: The*Search*for Spock.
From a Star Trek ca**n perspective, they'd be right. From a real-world perspective, though, they'd probably be missing the point.
SEE ALSO: Star Trek communicator replica is worthy of the Enterprise (http://mashable.com/2016/06/23/star-trek-tos-communicator-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
There is a model of the USS Enterprise from the original 1966-69 television ****** that survives to this day. It has just undergone a major restoration and rebuild, thanks to The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (http://blog.nasm.si.edu/behind-the-scenes/enterprise-model-on-display/).
The 11-foot model appeared during the second season of the original Star Trek ******, in the memorable The Trouble with Tribbles*episode. It joined the museum's collection in 1974. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/star-trek-enterprise-smithsonian/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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