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09-08-2016, 11:30 PM
NASA is run by a bunch of 'Star Trek' nerds, and this photo proves it
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NASA mission controllers are some of the biggest Star Trek fans in the universe, so it only makes sense that they would celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original ****** in true nerdy style.*
Instead of showing its usual graphic of the International Space Station on a world map in mission control, Thursday's live view of the station's current position is represented by Captain Kirk's intrepid Starship Enterprise.
SEE ALSO: Facebook changes Like buttons to celebrate Star Trek's 50th anniversary (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/facebook-likes-star-trek-reactions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
NASA's love of Star Trek has been k**wn among space fans for quite some time.*
In ho**r of #StarTrek50 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarTrek50?src=hash), an Enterprise icon is used to show where station is on the world map in Mission Control! pic.twitter.com/HF6H6rM3nm (https://t.co/HF6H6rM3nm)
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) September 8, 2016 (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/773896017410482180) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/space-station-nasa-star-trek/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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NASA mission controllers are some of the biggest Star Trek fans in the universe, so it only makes sense that they would celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original ****** in true nerdy style.*
Instead of showing its usual graphic of the International Space Station on a world map in mission control, Thursday's live view of the station's current position is represented by Captain Kirk's intrepid Starship Enterprise.
SEE ALSO: Facebook changes Like buttons to celebrate Star Trek's 50th anniversary (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/facebook-likes-star-trek-reactions/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
NASA's love of Star Trek has been k**wn among space fans for quite some time.*
In ho**r of #StarTrek50 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarTrek50?src=hash), an Enterprise icon is used to show where station is on the world map in Mission Control! pic.twitter.com/HF6H6rM3nm (https://t.co/HF6H6rM3nm)
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) September 8, 2016 (https://twitter.com/Space_Station/status/773896017410482180) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/08/space-station-nasa-star-trek/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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