August 1, 20223 yr There's always a strange feeling of melancholy when something that was or is so intrinsically associated with your past goes away forever. Nichelle Nichols herself by all accounts seems to have had a life well lived, as she and her co-stars had opportunities to go places and see things that they might never have had the chance to otherwise, had they never found themselves connected forever to a strange little show that became a cultural icon. I think any of us would wish for a life at least as fulfilling, much less a legacy as enduring as hers and her fellow travelers from that enterprise will undoubtedly be. Edited August 1, 20223 yr by HiFlyer We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
August 2, 20223 yr Moderator Well, she was one outstanding actress (I refuse to call women "actor" dammit!). I always enjoyed being entertained by her, as well as the rest of the bridge crew! Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
August 2, 20223 yr As a young sprout, she was nice eye candy added to the geek show I loved to watch. Watching the original episodes now seem so crude and stolid. Glad we got to see her and crew in movies with a bit more modern film techniques. 89 is pretty good, she accomplished a lot and I'm guessing she lived it well.
August 2, 20223 yr According to her obituary in the New York Times, Martin Luther King convinced her to return to Star Trek for the second and third seasons because she was a role model. She also worked with NASA to recruit minorities and women. I think she had a great life, and I'm sad she is gone. Mike Gutierrez North Hollywood, California Michael Gutierrez. North Hollywood, California
August 2, 20223 yr Hailing frequencies closed. 😥 Rest in peace Lt. Uhura, you have earned it. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
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