#Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

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#majel barrett #majel barrett-roddenberry #christine chapel #number one #lwaxana troi

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Peregrine launch sees US on way to the Moon after five decades

By David Szondy January 07, 2024

The first US Moon landing mission in 52 years is on its way after Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One (PM1) lifted off this morning from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a ULA Vulcan rocket at 2:18 am EST.

Under cloudy skies, the launch of PM1 took place without major delays or incidents. At one minute 16 seconds into the flight, the Vulcan/Centaur launcher reached maximum dynamic pressure. Reaching the one-minute-50-second mark, the solid rocket boosters separated from the Vulcan core stage. At the four-minute-59 second mark, the two first stage liquid fuel engines shut down, with stage separation following six seconds later.

The second stage then ignited and burned for two additional engine burns. After the Centaur stage shut down, the Peregrine spacecraft separated at 50 minutes into the flight.

The Centaur stage then fired again, sending it into a heliocentric orbit where it deployed the Celestis Memorial Spaceflight’s "Enterprise Flight" payload, which carries the cremated remains or DNA of a number of celebrities, including Gene and Majel Roddenberry, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, and James Doohan. Peregrine also has the remains or DNA of 66 other individuals as part of the Celestis "Tranquility Flight" to the lunar surface.

As the Peregrine lander's systems powered up, contact was established with Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center, which will oversee operations from now on as Peregrine embarks on its 17-to-19-day cruise phase to lunar orbit during which it will orbit the Earth once before inserting into a lunar transfer orbit.

On reaching lunar orbit, Peregrine will carry out a series of orbital maneuvers to bring it closer to the lunar surface for up to 39 days until it gets the green light to land sometime in February 2024 at Sinus Viscositatis next to the Gruithuisen Domes on the northeast border of Oceanus Procellarum. This is an area of particular interest to geologists and it is hoped that the domes, which were formed out of granite-like substances, may shed light on the presence of water under the lunar surface or trapped in minerals.

Also onboard Peregrine are 20 payloads. Five of these are NASA experiments sent as part of the Artemis program and 15 more from international organizations. One of these is the Iris Lunar Rover built by Carnegie Mellon University. This means the PM1 is not only the first US lunar landing mission in over half a century and the first using a privately owned and operated spacecraft, it is also the first American mission to carry a lunar robotic rover.

The video below recaps the launch of PM1.

Source: New Atlas

#science #space exploration #moon #lunar landing #NASA #Peregrine Mission One #Peregrine Lunar Lander #Astrobotic Technology #ULA #Gene Roddenberry #Majel Barrett-Roddenberry #Nichelle Nichols #James Doohan #DeForest Kelley

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Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as Lwaxana Troi 1993 in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Forsaken“

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/The_Forsaken

#Star Trek #Star Trek DS9 #Majel Barrett-Roddenberry #Lwaxana Troi #Alexander Siddig #Siddig El Fadil #Odo #Rene Auberjonois #Julian Bashir #The Forsaken #Persönlichkeiten

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Casual Trek: 30. The Episode With a Rock That Looks Like a Dildo (feat. Matt Hardy)

#Deep Space Nine #Majel Barrett-Roddenberry #Matt Hardy #Star Trek #The Next Generation #Casual Trek

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Is she not divine?

#majel barrett #the quick and the dead #1963 #majel barrett-roddenberry

[dukeofriven]

[Gene Roddenberry] was really such a sexist. I remember him telling me something and I thought, “Why is he telling me this?” Just personal kind of stuff I couldn’t really care to know about him. Disregarding people’s private space. I remember seeing him with Nichelle [Nichols] in his office, which is when I realized, “Oh, he’s been banging Nichelle.” But he moved Majel [Barrett] into an apartment just down the street so he could go for nooners. I don’t know why he had to be lecherous, looking after every woman. He came back from Japan with Majel and he said to me, “You know, Ande, you can go from the front to the back but you can’t go from the back to the front. Majel’s got a heck of an infection.” Again, why are you telling me this? But that was him: freaky-deaky dude. (Ande Richardson-Kindryd, civil rights activist, secretary to Gene L. Coon, and uncredited script reviewer on Star Trek 1967-1968. From Altman, Mark A and Edward Gross. The Fifty-year mission: The first 25 years. Black Inc. Books, 2016.)

I first read this quote three days ago and haven't been able to think about anything other than 'Gene Roddenberry did anal bad' since.

#gene roddenberry #star trek #trek #Star trek tos #TOS #majel barrett #majel barrett-roddenberry #Number One #Nurse Chapel #nichelle nichols #nyota uhura #Gene L. Coon #sexism

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Sexism in TOS: Worst Offender, or Progressive in Retrospect in Comparison?

I see a lot of folks claim that TOS was the most sexist of the Star Trek shows by a landslide -- and while I agree that it definitely suffered from the sexism of the times, I also have other perspectives to share to give some food for thought.

I am of course not insinuating that TOS isn't sexist -- it is, but I have to ask folks to consider the breadth and depth of Berman's sexism in his run and ask yourself: Was Gene Roddenberry genuinely more sexist in his storytelling and delivery than Rick Berman?

I'm not telling you to feel one way or the other, but all I ask is that you hear me out and consider some perspectives and make your own balanced assessments. Nobody is obligated to share my opinion, but it means a lot just to have folks hear it and see their thoughts on the subject. So here is what I was originally responding to:

Someone's response to this photo:

"Devil's advocate. This was a part of the popular form of cardio during the production time of TNG. Yes, it was heavily sexualised by men, but so is literally every other way women work out. Men have been caught taking pictures of women while trying to do dead lifts, running on tracks and working on sled machines. They post them online to share too. The fact is, there is no way a woman can be shown working out without it going there. And yeah,t hat includes the combat forms of workout they do in Star Trek. Just look at how Dax dresses when she spars with Worf. Yes, they're dating, but still, same goes when 7 does and any other female.

Aerobics routines like this were made dirty and cringy. This was what women wore then by and large. This is how the workout was done. We make it cringy."

My response to them:

"I respect your take, but I disagree on a few fronts.

The miniskirt was chosen by the TOS female cast, not the male cast, specifically requested by Grace LW and affirmed by Nichelle and Majel who would go on to vehemently defend the miniskirt over the years as comfortable and embraced by them.

Grace said it was comfortable and seen as a symbol of female sexual empowerment during the 60s and thought it would be a progressive garment (and turns out that it was, as it was later adapted and worn by male crew as a skant on TNG) -- FYI those were designed by a gay man and Gene approved them.

This was also supposed to be Spock's TMP outfit:

Literally lingerie.

We saw both Uhura (who saves Kirk in from Marlena Mirror Mirror) and Yeoman Landon (the first to initiate combat with a classic Kirk-esque kick to help the Captain being attacked in The Apple) carry out their combat training in their Starfleet uniforms without ever being made to change into any ridiculous workout gear.

In fact, I'd argue Jim Kirk was sexualized even more than the ladies of the week on the show and I saw his naked body more than anyone else's on a fairly regular basis. He wore red yoga tights while topless in Charlie X while the women wore full length gymnastic suits that covered their entire body. If anything, it went out of its way to avoid sexualizing women practicing fitness in those scenes and instead focused on Kirk.

Gene confessed that he asked to have Shatner filmed in suggestive/provocative ways to "give something to the ladies", so he -- as he said -- liked to "film him walking away" or have him conveniently busting out of his shirts in just about every episode as it were, because Shatner apparently had great assets. LOL

Gene made an effort to at least sexualize both if he was going to sexualize one, and he carried that attitude forward in wanting the m/m and f/f scenes in the background on Risa for TNG. He also insisted that the men and women wear skimpy outfits on THAT TNG planet. You know the one. LOL I mean the dudes even had on less than the women:

Gene also gave permission to K/S shippers to have their conventions back in the 70s when he was asked for permission. Gene and Nimoy felt with all the skimpy outfits they had the ladies wear, why not let the ladies and gay men have their fun, too? It's how we ended up with moments like this:

Yes, those are two people dressed up as Kirk and Spock's penises doing interpretive dance. Gene didn't give two damns. LOL

In my eyes, that was a very progressive take on Gene's part for the 60s. It was actually PARAMOUNT STUDIOS who had the big problem with K/S stories and vehemently tried to shut them down. Gene literally hired slash authors on his payroll and even had several slash stories/writers published in his official Star Trek books (The New Voyages & The New Voyages II).

I feel I saw Uhura and women in TOS engaged in more physical combat/altercations defending themselves that Troi or Bev were shown holding their own.

In fact, Kirk used to get furious when someone would "dress up" his female crew members without their consent (Trelane episode, Shore Leave episode) because like his male crew members, he wanted them to be treated professionally and to also have his male crew act professionally.

Berman brought some of his own personal biases into Star Trek that in some ways regressed it. While TOS had blatant sexism and was called on it time and again, that show was made in the 60s -- a solid 21 years before TNG. We as a modern audience understood why some of it was cringe/sexist due to the time period -- look at any other media coming out in the 60s and Star Trek was miles ahead of what other shows were doing.

Compare that to Berman who was churning sexist stuff out when women like Starbuck and Scully were simultaneously on screen on other programs airing, and we had already had Sigourney Weaver and other strong women in Holywood playing respectful roles.

In my eyes, there was no need of the sexism seen in TNG but especially VOY and ENT. There was no excuse for it when other shows were writing women far better and a number of those weren't even set in the future like Trek was, making it age even faster due to having those dated perspectives frequently highlighted.

In the Center Seat documentary as well as "The Fifty Year Mission" book you will find cast members, writers and other studio alumni who attest to this. Some discussions from "The Fifty Year Mission":

"First, Berman was supposed to have been a real sleaze ball . . . According to Terry Farrel, he would go on constantly about how her breasts weren't big enough, how she should do something about it, and how his secretary was a good example to follow as she had huge breasts. She even had to have fittings to get larger bras, and that was all done at his behest.

Later Berman and Braga developed a name for Jeri Ryan's character prior Seven of Nine. They originally called the character "perineum" which if you look it up it is the area between the anus and the scrotum. Later they floated the name "6 of 9". I mean, what does it tell you about where these two were coming from in the development of this character if they had names like that put forward in all seriousness for her?"

Gene Roddenberry also had some of his own more progressive ideas for TNG cut or watered down by Berman. Roddenberry agreed TNG should have homosexual relationships and representation at a con in the 80s and insisted on it in a meeting with his writers -- something Berman later would not honor. Gene wanted the AIDS episode, showing m/m and f/f in the Riza scenes -- these were some of Roddenberry's requests to include in TNG that Berman later stonewalled.

Berman's era was sadly dated by his own misogynist bias, IMO, to the point that it can somewhat hurt the shows he worked on through his cringe egoism and blatant disrespect toward his female cast.

There is a reason why Gene could keep female actresses working with him and Berman had a revolving door of women that he couldn't seem to keep working for him -- he was abhorrent to women, on and off set. Gene wasn't perfect at all, he had a lot of issues himself -- but Berman was a whole other level. Just look at what he did to poor Jolene Blalock, Marina Sirtis and his toxic commenting on her body weight which exacerbated her struggles with eating disorders, or how he treated and talked to Terry Farrell.

Anyway, just some food for thought. I'm not saying anyone is wrong regarding a take like that, but there are a variety of ways to look at this. Gene Roddenberry isn't a saint by any means, but it definitely bothers me how folks will tote the Berman era as if it were the lesser of two evils or the more progressive depiction of women when I felt there were far more concerning portrayals of women in his era with far less justification.

(P.S: I don't event want to go near the sheer amount of "creepy old dude/villain preys on innocent/naïve/scared young woman or little girl" stories there were in Berman's era, either. But that's a whole other can of worms I can write about in a part 2.)

#star trek #star trek tos #star trek tng #star trek voy #star trek ent #star trek ds9 was the one show that went above and beyond #1shirt2shirtredshirtdeadshirt #oc #octrekmeta #octrek #gene roddenberry #rick berman #brannon braga #kirk #spock #uhura #rand #nichelle nichols #majel barrett #grace lee whitney #tos #tng #voy #ent #marina sirtis #jolene blalock #terry farrell

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"Forever in Space"

On January 8, 2024 an American moon lander Peregrine was launched into space, it was supposed to reach the moon’s surface. Besides scientific equipment on board Peregrine was biomatter (DNA and human remains) of 70 people, among them were those of the first “Star Trek” series’ actors. It was the creator of “Star Trek” Gene Roddenbury, along with his wife Majel Barrett who played nurse Chapel, as well as actors Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan and DeForest Kelley, who played Lt Uhura, Chief Engineer Scott and Dr McCoy respectively. Even though the mission wasn’t successful and the lander didn’t reach the moon, one could say that the actors and the creator of the series stayed in space forever.

With my great love❤️

#star trek tos #Star trek #gene roddenberry #nichelle nichols #deforest kelley #james doohan #majel barrett #lieutenant uhura #scotty tos #montgomery scott #doctor mccoy #leonard bones mccoy #nurse chapel #Peregrine #Space #Illustration #Art #Portraits #the original series #Mccoy

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Do you think Deanna Troi ever looks at that Starfleet recruitment poster and has the sudden and overwhelming urge to call her mother?

#this is a majel appreciation space #majel barrett roddenberry #deanna troi #number one #lwaxana troi #and a little bit morgan primus

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#STAR TREK TOS #STAR TREK (1966) #STAR TREK (1966-1969) #William Shatner #Leonard Nimoy #DeForest Kelley #James Doohan #Nichelle Nichols #George Takei #Walter Koenig #Jeffrey Hunter #Majel Barrett #Ricardo Montalban #Mark Lenard #SCIFI #science fiction #GENE RODDENBERRY

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One of the official publicity photos of the cast of Star Trek The Motion Picture (with Director Robert Wise on the left and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry on the right). Oh I love De’s smile!

The unused photo we didn’t see back in 1979. Grace Lee Whitney is already starting to lose her composure in the first photo and she’s cracking up in the second photo. De too has lost his character pose.

#deforest kelley #star trek the motion picture #william shatner #leonard nimoy #james doohan #nichelle nichols #george takei #walter koenig #majel barrett #grace lee whitney #gene roddenberry

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One Dress a Day Challenge

May: Purple Redux

Star Trek: The Next Generation (s2e19, "Manhunt") / Majel Barrett as Lwaxana Troi

Lwaxana arrives on board the Enterprise in this elaborate, beautifully beaded robe over a sparkly lavender gown with a plunging neckline and dangling ropes of gold beads over the skirt. You can see them in motion in the side view picture above.

But hang on--that robe looks familiar. Is it ...?

Holy smokes, I think it is! "Crêpes Suzette's" robe from Darling Lili! It's even got the triangular bit hanging down from the neckline in back!

@recycledmoviecostumes

#star trek the next generation #purple dresses #majel barrett roddenberry #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #television costumes #tv costumes #scifi costumes #star trek tng #star trek tng season 2 #manhunt #majel barrett #tng #st tng #the first lady of star trek #darling lili #purple dress #purple redux

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Somehow, Majel and Gene on an endless trek through space seems more fitting anyway.

#majel barrett #gene roddenberry #star trek

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via Trekcore.com

Rene Auberjonois (Odo) and Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (Lwaxana Troi) 1993 in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "The Forsaken“

https://data2364.wordpress.com/2020/12/26/daily-star-trek-26-dezember-2020/

#Star Trek #Star Trek DS9 #Rene Auberjonois #Odo #Majel Barrett-Roddenberry #Lwaxana Troi #The Forsaken #Persönlichkeiten

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s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry [half a Life, s4ep22] 'Lwaxana and Timicin'

#star trek #star trek the next generation #the next generation #gene roddenberry #tng season 4 #the next generation season 4 #tng half a Life #half a Life #lot: st tng season 4 ep 22/26 (ep 96/178) #majel barrett #david ogden stiers #lwaxana troi #Timicin #Lwaxana and Timicin

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One of examples of Gene Roddenberry's myth-making is his oft-repeated contention that the network shot down the idea of having Number One as the Enterprise's executive officer because they were uncomfortable with having a woman in such a position of authority on the show. In INSIDE STAR TREK, Herb Solow, the head of production for Desilu, who had the job of pitching the series to NBC, says the network was actually enthusiastic about the idea of the character; their objection was to Majel Barrett.

Solow recalls that he attempted (at Roddenberry's insistence) to argue that casting the unknown Barrett would "add humanity and believability to the concept." However:

NBC Program Executive Jerry Stanley starred quizzically at NBC Vice President Grant Tinker. Then Jerry grumbled, "Christ, Herb, this is madness. She's his girlfriend. I remember her hanging around Gene's office at MGM when he was doing The Lieutenant for us." [39]

Not wanting to "rock the boat" with Roddenberry, NBC reluctantly agreed to casting Barrett in "The Cage," the initial pilot. However, Solow says the network executives "resented being put into such an awkward position." (It's important to note that Roddenberry was then married to someone else; he divorced his first wife in late 1969, after marrying Barrett.) Sure enough, after screening the pilot, one of the first things NBC said in its notes on the episode was:

"In varying degrees, we're not too happy with some of the cast. We support the concept of a woman in a strong, leading role, but we have serious doubts as to Majel Barrett's abilities to 'carry' the show as its costar." [60]

The network did (foolishly) object to the character of Mister Spock and recommended his removal (although they had no issue with Nimoy), but given Barrett's performances in "The Cage" and later as Chapel and Lwaxana Troi, NBC's concerns about her acting were pretty justified. However, as Solow put it, when it came to casting, "the only performers [Roddenberry] would stand up for were actresses with whom he'd had a previous personal relationship." So, Roddenberry and Desilu dropped the character rather than recast.

#teevee #star trek #star trek tos #gene roddenberry #herbert f solow #inside star trek #majel barrett #debunking