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Star Trek<\/em>‘s Walter Koenig<\/strong> will join European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts for an interactive discussion at the European Parliament later this month.<\/p>\n The discussion, hosted by EU 40, is meant to inspire Europe’s next generation of scientists and researchers by showing positive role models.<\/p>\n “Science and technology have always been drivers of human progress. As young Members of the European Parliament, we believe that we must be part of that discussion,” said EU40 in a statement released by the organization. “The event is set to take place before a special European summit will decide on the financial fate of Horizon 2020, the EU’s new research and innovation strategy.”<\/p>\n Koenig will join ESA astronauts Frank de Winne<\/strong>, the first European to command the International Space Station; Andr\u00e9 Kuipers<\/strong>, who holds the European record for the longest stay in orbit; and Andreas Mogensen<\/strong>. Anne Glover<\/strong>, The EU’s first Chief Scientific Advisor, will also be on the panel.<\/p>\n The advertisement for the event mentions “Star Trek<\/em> actors” and “two ‘fictive’ heroes,” but so far only Koenig’s name has been mentioned as a participant.<\/p>\n “Europe desperately needs more young scientists and Star Trek<\/em> has provided that inspiration for generations of innovators,” said the EU 40 statement.<\/p>\n The discussion will take place between 16:00 and 18:00 on October 18. Those wishing to attend should email brodie@eu40.eu and will also need to register. Further information can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Star Trek‘s Walter Koenig will join European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts for an interactive discussion…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2413],"tags":[4856,2589],"class_list":["post-20423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-crew","tag-eu-40","tag-koenig"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T'Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"Cast & Crew<\/a>","tag_info":"Cast & Crew","comment_count":"1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20429,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20423\/revisions\/20429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}