Star Trek The Next Generation: Technical Manual

The Star Trek: The Next Generation® Technical Manual, written by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, the technical advisors to Star Trek: The Next Generation, provides a comprehensive schematization of a Galaxy-class starship. From the bridge to the shuttlebays, from the transporter room to crews’ quarters, this book provides a never-before-seen glimpse at the inner, intricate workings of the most incredible starship ever conceived.
Full of diagrams, technical schematics, and ship’s plans, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual also takes a detailed look at the principles behind Star Trek®’s awesome technology — from phasers to warp drive to the incredible holodeck.
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• axios .com/2024/01/19/disease-x-plan-world-economic-forum (‘ Disease X: Scientists, leaders prepare for a possible virus far deadlier than Covid… World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Jan. 17, 2024 ‘)
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• instagram .com/michaelokuda/reels (‘ Michael Okuda: 1-Graphic designer. Space geek. Dog lover, … Resistance is not futile. Get vaxxed. Keep boosted! 2- On this day (Jan 16) in 1995, Star Trek: Voyager premiered. One of my fondest memories of preproduction on that series was the night that Doug Drexler and I snuck down to modelmaker Tony Meininger’s shop to do some last-minute graphic detailing on the Voyager miniature. via Dr. Lucky Tran ‘)
• med-mastodon .com/@luckytran/111766792641453846 (‘ Dr. Lucky Tran : “Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That’s when people started vaccinating their children against deadly childhood diseases. If you’re unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone.” — Michael Okuda. Without vaccines, many transmissible diseases were once an early death sentence. People are so quick to forget how fortunate we are to have access to them. Jan 16, 2024 ‘)
• mstdn .social/@erictopol/111766196152802983 (‘ Dr. Eric Topol : Protection against #LongCovid in kids with vaccination from a cohort of over 1 million, Jan 16, 2024 ‘)
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• mastodon .au/@Ericthebeeover2/111763837752557958 (‘ Stuart Clark : Had my #6 shot yesterday. Slightly under the weather but otherwise almost 95% ok. I now wear an N95 mask in shopping centres but not outside in the fresh air. 73 yo and never had it yet and mean to keep it that way as I have a heart condition. Don’t mean to spread it either. Stay healthy; science works… Jan 15, 2024, via @erictopol ‘)
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• youtube .com/watch?v=YIqNNtWmBIU (‘ Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, highlighted the life-saving impact of COVID-19 vaccines in the European Region during a Press Briefing on 16 January 2024. He stated that the vaccines prevented around 1.4 million deaths… it underscores the need for ongoing virus surveillance. Kluge urged continued protective measures against respiratory infections and expressed concern about health being deprioritized politically, stressing the need for readiness against new pathogens and support for health workers. via Dr Joe Pajak ‘)