How scientific gizmos on Star Trek-TOS are actually coming to pass (one thing I can think of, offhand, is the communicator compared to the cell phone). Sounds pretty interesting to me.

Some time back, I read The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss. Recently, I saw a show on the latest developments in physics and cosmology, in which an explanation was offer as to how it might be possible to warp space, thereby creating a gravity wave upon which a star ship could "surf" faster than light—without the time-dilation effects, and without running afoul of Einstein's equations, just like they did on Star Trek.

Tomorrow night on the History Channel. Forgive me, but I'm much more interested in the science than I am in William Shatner. I'll be watching.

Don Firth