Cosmic Queries: Star Trek

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Cosmic Queries: Star Trek

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Feb 22, 2015

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Join Neil deGrasse Tyson and Leighann Lord as they boldly go where no one has gone before: answering fan questions about “Star Trek,” from transporter beams and warp drives to Klingons and the Borg.

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Feb 22, 2015

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