How about investing it in some GOOD sci-fi?
Captain Janeway cured me from watching Star Trek.
Bump to that. How about making Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars Trilogy" into a tv show? That would be hard science instead of transporter tripe.
Carl Sagan I think touched on what things like Star Trek are about.........
"The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps. "I do not think it irresponsible to portray even the direst futures; if we are to avoid them, we must understand that they are possible. But where are the alternatives? Where are the dreams that motivate and inspire? We long for realistic maps of a world we can be proud to give to our children. Where are the cartographers of human purpose? Where are the visions of hopeful futures, of technology as a tool for human betterment and not a gun on hair trigger pointed at our heads?". His answer is that "NASA, in its ordinary course of doing business, offers such a vision...."
Good things ahead if Enterprise is saved.........
Manny Coto has really turned the show around and had this to say..
......One of the things I wanted to do for season five is to open the door once again for fan submissions as well as approach sci-fi writers to come up with ideas for story arcs. I envisioned story arcs developed by David Brin, Gregory Benford, and Greg Bear."