February 12th, 2008
Space.com reports that team behind Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek movie have employed a NASA planetary scientist to ensure the scientific accuracy of the movie’s astronomical imagery.
Carolyn Porco, leader of the Imaging Science team on NASA’S Cassini mission at Saturn has joined the production team at the invitation of the movie’s director and producer, J.J. Abrams.
‘Carolyn and her team have produced images that are simply stunning,’ Abrams said. ‘I’m thrilled that she will help guide our production in creating an authentic vision of space, one that immerses our audience in a visual experience as awe-inspiring as what Carolyn’s cameras have captured.‘
Porco will be working directly with ILM’s Roger Guyett, the movie’s supervisor for visual effects.
Star Trek is scheduled for release in December 2008.
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.