As reported by Wired, Michael Okuda will receive the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal for his work on multiple exploration missions. According to the space program, the medal recognizes “exceptional contributions to the mission of NASA.”

Dan Madsen recenetly had the privelage of interviewing Tim Russ (Tuvok - Voyager) in an exclusive for Mainia.com.  The interview covers Tim's acting career as well as his thoughts on the new JJ Abrams film 'Star Trek'.

Dan Swenson, of the New Orleans The Times-Picayune, wrote a recent article describing his Star Trek dream crew.  With his first pick for captain being Jean-Luc Picard of TNG.  We found this to be a really interesting read although a little light on the DS9'ers.

Captain Jean-Luc-Picard

Why?