"...[Star Trek] speaks to some basic human needs that there is a tomorrow.
It's not all going to be over by a big flash and a bomb.  The human race is
improving.  We have things to be proud of as humans.  No ancient astronauts
built the pyramids -- human beings built them because they are clever and
they work hard!  And Star Trek is about those things!"
                                 --Gene Roddenberry, 1921-1991