Leonard Nimoy salutes space shuttle Enterprise

Leonard Nimoy, of "Star Trek" fame, tells the story of how President Gerald Ford agreed to change the name of NASA's space shuttle Constitution to Enterprise.

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[whuzzzup]

Live long and prosper.

\V/

[Sanford Williams]

First star to the right...and straight ontil morning.

[FrakkinGaiusBaltar]

too bad it's just a test model. It never actually make it to space...

[Lifesucksdie123]

i never realized his ears were that big.

[ConnorPatrick]

Not a single dislike! :)

[razorbackblood06]

If I could go back in time.. I think I would go back to when Enterprise was first revealed to the public.. standing along side the cast of TOS.

[mrsmyrnin]

i wish i could have helped to rename it to the enterprise but i wasnt even born *sniff* :( and leonard you look very cold indeed :)

[Tatianna Raquel]

LLAP, Mr. Nimoy!

[wednesdaymac]

In the summer of 1978, I attended the Worldcon in Phoenix, AZ. Someone was giving away t-shirts with a drawing of the Enterprise on it. The caption below was, "A spaceship has landed on Earth. It came from Rockwell." This man has been a part of my life since I was 5 years old. I didn't understand what ST:TOS was about when my father watched it, but I liked the guy with pointy ears. I scheduled my college classes around reruns of it. The first zine I read featured K/S. Wonderful, talented man.

[errorls]

Of course it is :)

[Crispito19]

In fact, the USS Enterprise is a Constitution-class cruiser, isn't it?