If 'trek' Is A Hit, We'd Love

We Have Within Reach, Now, The Attainment Of Almost Every Dream Of Mankind.

A Man Either Lives Life As It Happens To Him, Meets It Head-on And Licks It, Or He Turns His Back On It And Starts To Wither Away.

It Isn't All Over; Everything Has Not Been Invented; The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning.

Let Me End With An Explanation Of Why I Believe The Move Into Space To Be A Human Imperative. It Seems To Me Obvious In Too Many Ways To Need Listing That We Cannot Much Longer Depend Upon Our Planet's Relatively Fragile Ecosystem To Handle The Realities Of The Human Tomorrow. Unless We Turn Human Growth And Energy Toward The Challenges And Promises Of Space, Our Only Other Choice May Be The Awful Risk, Currently Demonstrable, Of Stumbling Into A Cycle Of Fratricide And Regression Which Could End All Chances Of Our Evolving Further Or Of Even Surviving.

Star Trek Was An Attempt To Say That Humanity Will Reach Maturity And Wisdom On The Day That It Begins Not Just To Tolerate, But Take A Special Delight In Differences In Ideas And Differences In Life Forms.