If you're a Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, or science fiction aficionado, you may like this interactive chart.
Author, Chris Kirk over at Slate has created a "highly speculative search for the fastest ship in science fiction" by comparing the speeds of the Star Trek Enterprise NCC-1701, Star Wars' Millennium Falcon, the TARDIS from Doctor Who, the Heart of Gold from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Jupiter 2 from Lost in Space, and even our very own Voyager 1 from NASA.
Kirk gives a very detailed account of his research in reference to each ship; You will find this by clicking on the image to the right, where you can set a course for the Alpha Centauri, Galactic Center, or Andromeda Galaxy.
Surprisingly, what may take the Enterprise decades to reach, the Millennium Falcon can reach in hours, the TARDIS in just seconds.
On July 21, the documentary, "The Captains" premieres on EPIX HD. You'll watch as William Shatner (Captain Kirk) hunts down all the wonderful actors who played Star Trek captains in each of the television series.
He'll interview The Next Generation's Captain Picard, Deep Space Nine's Captain Benjamin Sisko, and Voyager's Captain Janeway, (Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew). He was even gracious enough to interview Scott Bakula from Enterprise. I never watched that show, so forgive me for not knowing his character's name, and I really didn't care enough to look it up. I'm sorry, I just didn't.
Shatner also interviews Chris Pine from the 2009 Star Trek movie.
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Hope you enjoy my daily posts, and hope to hear from you soon.
- Blade 7184 aka Peter
