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Topic: Star Trek phaser flown in space between films
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-08-2018 06:33 PM
   
From NASA video producer Guy Noffsinger on Facebook: On this September 8th seven years ago (the photo was released to me but it actually happened in May) I got to make a crazy idea become real with the help of William Shatner and my friend and colleague Bob Jacobs! Proof that NASA is the best fed agency in America! Meet exhibit A: I asked Star Trek film Director J.J. Abrams if I could borrow a phaser movie prop from reboot #1, fly it in space and then return it for reboot #2 making it the only item in history to go from movie — to space — and then back into another movie. Tadah!!!! Thanks astronaut Gregory Chamitoff for helping it get there and not shooting any Klingons with it.  
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denali414
Member Posts: 593
From: Raleigh, NC
Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 09-08-2018 07:11 PM
That's awesome! Glad JJ Abrams gave the prop, really cool idea. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-08-2018 09:56 PM
Way cool! |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-09-2018 08:28 AM
Wow! Very cool. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 09-09-2018 05:35 PM
Was it a hero version (working electronics) or a background version? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-09-2018 05:41 PM
Noffsinger's post didn't say, but given the requirements aboard the space station, if it was the hero version, it was almost certainly flown without any batteries. |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-11-2018 04:54 PM
Well that is stunning.Thank you for the explanation of what "hero" means in prop speak. I've heard the term before, but not what it means. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 09-11-2018 09:48 PM
No pun intended on stunning?My guess is that the "hero" came from the lead actor, the hero, having a prop that was going to be shown on screen a lot, thus necessitating more details and if it had them, working lights and stuff like that. The background actors would not be seen as much, so their props would just have to be approximations - decals in place of a touchpad, for example. |
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