I thought the Smithsonian was all about real things, not poorly acted science fiction. Definitely not logical.
Well, they’ve got Archie Bunker’s chair and Seinfeld’s Puffy Shirt, so WTH’s wrong with having the Enterprise there too?
Isn’t the roadsign to all sorts of places from MASH there too?
The chair and the shirt inspired zilch. The phaser, the tricorder, the medical scanner, the replicator and probably a few things that I’ve forgotten for the moment, those inspired and many are real today.
The replicator was the one item I didn’t think I’d ever see in any form in my lifetime.
Well, they've got Archie Bunker's chair and Seinfeld's Puffy Shirt, so WTH's wrong with having the Enterprise there too?
You would be amazed at what the Smithsonian has. I once worked for an architectural firm in Baltimore that had a contract with the Smithsonian for space planning along with architectural design for some exhibits.
The space planning had mostly to do with the vast amounts of storage space the Smithsonian has, so many items of all sorts, scientific and historical and cultural, books, films, musical recordings, etc. and not on display but made available to researchers. The museums open to the public represents only a small part of the Smithsonian's real estate.
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