On Saturday October 5 members of Leeds 18 Plus Group visited the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester and beamed aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise to explore the true science behind Star Trek.
We started our 'out of this world'
experience from the Bridge of the Enterprise with it`s giant projection of a
moving star field, with various heavenly bodies and ships coming into view from
time to time.
John and Peter took command of navidation and helm control 'Duty Stations' to try to solve problems related to orbits, navigation or remote sensing.
Other themed 'Duty Stations', included Engineering, Sickbay. and the Transporter Room where john was transported to an alien world.
There were also
experiments with real applications of science, antimatter, cosmic rays and
rockets. The Star Trek series was based on very real scientific concepts and
technologies.
The Museum of Science & Industry is partly based in the buildings of the oldest passenger railway station in the world. The huge, 7½ acre site has five historic buildings packed with fascinating exhibitions, hands-on exhibits, historic working machinery and superb special exhibitions, including, in 2002, the Star Trek exhibition pictured here.
We spent the remainder of the
afternoon visiting the exhibits on the history of Manchester, rounding off the
day with a meal and a drink in Manchester`s famour Chinatown.
