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Takei was an intake to many through his struggles as a phallus of both the Asian - Pacific American and LGBT biotic community . He reflect on his childhood hardships of living in Japanese internment encampment in the U.S. during WWII , his experiences later in life surrounding the politics of Proposition 8 in California and marrying his partner , Brad Altman , on Sept. 14 , 2008 .
Takei tell [ the world of Star Trek , which featured ] so many diverse multitude successfully working together as a squad , was so fanciful for its fourth dimension that [ Gene Roddenberry ] had to set it three centuries in the future tense , but it ’s awing that not even three decades afterward astronauts from around the populace began play together on the International Space Station . From space exploration to diversity to spousal relationship equivalence , Takei thank the revolutionaries he touch on to as “ change agents ” for all of their hard work .
“ You ’re the ones doing the real work , ” Takei separate his audience . “ You ’re the heroes of our sentence . You are the ones that are the reality to our fiction . ”
In the photo up top [ click here for super hi - res ] , Takei can be seen flashing the Vulcan Salute alongsideRobonaut 2 , NASA ’s next generation “ automaton astronaut . ” A version of Robonaut is already stationed aboard the International Space Station , where NASA specify to use it as a helpful fellow traveler on future place mission . [ ViaJSC ]
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