First Contact Day is celebrated on April 5. It is the day when the Vulcans first make contact with humans on April 5, 2063. The site of the ‘First Contact’ is near the town of Boseman, Montana. It is my hope this comes to pass but Earth has to get its stuff together in order to be worthy of first contact. Thank you Gene Roddenberry for giving us the dreams to boldly go where no one has gone before.
In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate..
Give me the future that Gene Roddenberry dreamed of. Where humanity, science, and diversity are a way of life. Where new lives and new civilizations are not scary things. That’s the world I want to see. Live long and prosper. Boldly go. Happy Star Trek Day!
Diversity contains as many treasures as those waiting for us on other worlds. We will find it impossible to fear diversity and to enter the future at the same time.