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Did you know that the U.S. military culture served as a major inspiration for the show ‘Star Trek’? Well, it was. Read on to learn how our military heritage shaped science fiction.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News
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Thanks to Navy Cmdr. Kevin Blenkhorn, a Yoda creator for the most recent Star Wars films, midshipmen are getting a taste of Hollywood.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator
Tagged Armed with Science, Armed with Science Saturday, avatar, CGI graphics, CGI Yoda, Cmdr. Kevin Blenkhorn, computer graphics career, computer science, Computer Science Department, Industrial Light & Magic, Jessica L. Tozer, Nathan Adams, Naval Academy, Navy, Navy officer who worked on science fiction, science fiction, science reality, Star Trek, Star Wars, Yoda
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Armed With Science blogger Jessica Tozer takes a look at the role science fiction plays in the future of scientific technology.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator
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By Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek, DMA From www.af.mil FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) - She may never have traveled aboard an actual space shuttle, but in the 1960s Nichelle Nichols inspired a generation by boldly going where no African American had …
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Posted in African American History Month, DoD News
Tagged Air Force, civil rights, Enterprise, final frontier, groundbreaking, inspiration, Lt. Uhura, military, MLK, NASA, NCC1701, Nichelle Nichols, program, SciFi, space, star fleet, Star Trek, TOS, TV, universe
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