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	<title>Comments on: These Are the Voyages&#8230;</title>
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		<title>By: Justdave</title>
		<link>http://www.showbits.net/2007/05/01/enterprise-finale/#comment-2128</link>
		<dc:creator>Justdave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 02:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least they&#039;re still trying...

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At least they&#039;re still trying&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.trekunited.com/news/content/view/295/79/">http://www.trekunited.com/news/content/view/295/79/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ken Gagne</title>
		<link>http://www.showbits.net/2007/05/01/enterprise-finale/#comment-1437</link>
		<dc:creator>Ken Gagne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 19:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wanted to include this in my original post, which was already long enough.  &lt;a HREF = &quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20050307003918/www.saveenterprise.com/3m_contribution.htm&quot; TITLE=&quot;Source for the below letter&quot;&gt;It&#039;s an eloquent explanation&lt;/a&gt; of why, in the Spring of 2005, private space industrialists donated millions of dollars to secure a fifth season of Enterprise:

&quot;We think &lt;em&gt;Star Trek&lt;/em&gt; and especially its latest incarnation, &lt;em&gt;Enterprise&lt;/em&gt;, is the kind of TV that should be aired more often. The people responsible at Paramount think this is just a show and we want to tell them, it is not. We are in the commercial space flight industry and would like to testify that at least one out of two of all the actual entrepreneurs involved in this industry has been inspired by &lt;em&gt;Star Trek&lt;/em&gt;; and we are not only good at watching TV sci-fi, we are also good at writing checks, big checks. The people airing this kind of TV have a responsibility: inspiration. &lt;em&gt;Star Trek&lt;/em&gt; has inspired us, and particularly Enterprise, with its superb theme song that tells so much about our struggle to move space travel forward and closer to the public, this inspiration is so self evident, that Virgin Galactic has ordered a 5-sub orbital ship fleet from Scaled Composites, a 100 million dollar investment, and the first one being built is going to be christened &#039;VSS Enterprise&#039;. Now doesn&#039;t that ring a bell in Paramount&#039;s ears? Now, canceling the series so bluntly, for the sake of just ratings, tells very much about the kind of thinking going on inside Paramount. If we thought the same way, Paul Allen would have never funded the SpaceShipOne program. Sir Richard Branson would never have funded Virgin Galactic and Space Adventures would never have put two space tourists aboard the International Space Station. Instead, we would all be at home watching &lt;em&gt;Survivor&lt;/em&gt; or some other reality TV show. &lt;em&gt;Enterprise&lt;/em&gt; needs to be renewed, for the sake of fan loyalty, for being quality TV, for bringing imagination and hope for a better future to our homes, but over all that, for inspiring us so strongly that we have fought all our adult lives to bring that future closer to our children and to us.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wanted to include this in my original post, which was already long enough.  <a HREF = "http://web.archive.org/web/20050307003918/www.saveenterprise.com/3m_contribution.htm" TITLE="Source for the below letter">It&#039;s an eloquent explanation</a> of why, in the Spring of 2005, private space industrialists donated millions of dollars to secure a fifth season of Enterprise:</p>
<p>&#034;We think <em>Star Trek</em> and especially its latest incarnation, <em>Enterprise</em>, is the kind of TV that should be aired more often. The people responsible at Paramount think this is just a show and we want to tell them, it is not. We are in the commercial space flight industry and would like to testify that at least one out of two of all the actual entrepreneurs involved in this industry has been inspired by <em>Star Trek</em>; and we are not only good at watching TV sci-fi, we are also good at writing checks, big checks. The people airing this kind of TV have a responsibility: inspiration. <em>Star Trek</em> has inspired us, and particularly Enterprise, with its superb theme song that tells so much about our struggle to move space travel forward and closer to the public, this inspiration is so self evident, that Virgin Galactic has ordered a 5-sub orbital ship fleet from Scaled Composites, a 100 million dollar investment, and the first one being built is going to be christened &#039;VSS Enterprise&#039;. Now doesn&#039;t that ring a bell in Paramount&#039;s ears? Now, canceling the series so bluntly, for the sake of just ratings, tells very much about the kind of thinking going on inside Paramount. If we thought the same way, Paul Allen would have never funded the SpaceShipOne program. Sir Richard Branson would never have funded Virgin Galactic and Space Adventures would never have put two space tourists aboard the International Space Station. Instead, we would all be at home watching <em>Survivor</em> or some other reality TV show. <em>Enterprise</em> needs to be renewed, for the sake of fan loyalty, for being quality TV, for bringing imagination and hope for a better future to our homes, but over all that, for inspiring us so strongly that we have fought all our adult lives to bring that future closer to our children and to us.&#034;</p>
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		<title>By: GeneD</title>
		<link>http://www.showbits.net/2007/05/01/enterprise-finale/#comment-1427</link>
		<dc:creator>GeneD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 20:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought that the final season of &lt;em&gt;Star Trek: Enterprise&lt;/em&gt; was a big improvement over the previous years of that space opera, as well as over much of &lt;em&gt;Star Trek: Voyager&lt;/em&gt;. I agree that Gene Roddenberry&#039;s optimistic vision of humanity&#039;s future could still inspire people, if only the producers, writers, and fans can agree on a version that both respects and continues the 40-year legacy... Live long and prosper!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought that the final season of <em>Star Trek: Enterprise</em> was a big improvement over the previous years of that space opera, as well as over much of <em>Star Trek: Voyager</em>. I agree that Gene Roddenberry&#039;s optimistic vision of humanity&#039;s future could still inspire people, if only the producers, writers, and fans can agree on a version that both respects and continues the 40-year legacy&#8230; Live long and prosper!</p>
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