NASA Declares What Trekkies Knew All Along: William Shatner Rules

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NASA Declares What Trekkies Knew All Along: William Shatner Rules
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NASA (http://mashable.com/category/nasa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) awarded Trekkie leader William Shatner its highest civilian ho**r over the weekend.

While Shatner travelled across Star Trek's fictional galaxies on the small screen as Captain Kirk, he's also a real-life advocate for space exploration (http://mashable.com/space/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). The original Starfleet commander received NASA’s Distinguished Public Service medal on Saturday for his work in encouraging students to study math and science

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Shatner and NASA go way back. The original Star Trek ****** featured several references to the space agency, and its programs were incorporated into story lines. For example, Star Trek's pilot episode, "The Cage," featured a few **ds to NASA spacecraft, including Mariner 2 and Pioneer 5 Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/nasa-william-shatner-award/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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