“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.  I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced.  I understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didn’t see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, of adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet.  This was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that Space was the final frontier.  But I had to get to Space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable.”   — William Shatner, actor, 12/7/22 of the short ran TV series, Star Trek.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwWYecxz10
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/world/ocean-surface-temperature-heat-record-climate-intl/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/gulf-stream-current-could-collapse-in-2025-plunging-earth-into-climate-chaos-we-were-actually-bewildered
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/fires/the-ns-wildfires-are-not-natural-disasters-climate-change-forest-management-and-human-folly-are-all-to-blame/

Starting in 1966 for how many seasons did Star Trek run?

3
7
10

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