HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-05-18 Public Comment - C. Robart - Star Trek First Contact MonumentFirst Name Chris
Last Name Robart
Email Address wcrobart@gmail.com
Phone Number 6475546129
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Hello, I'm not a resident of Bozeman, nor even an American. BUT I would love to visit your city. Are you a Star Trek
fan? A LOT of people are. A LOT of people are like myself and we travel to see real places with fictional
connections: the Rocky Steps in Philly, the Field of Dreams in Iowa, or Forrest Gump's bench in Savannah, GA. I'm
not kidding - a lot of money for your city could be made because of fictional tourism (that's REAL money, but has
attractions relating to fictional events). Here's another example. Riverside, Iowa is the future birthplace of Captain
James T. Kirk. They have a monument and everything. I've gone there just to see that.
Bozeman already enjoys strong tourism I imagine being so close to real attractions. In fact I've driven past your city
many times on the way to them (Yellowstone, Lewis and Clark Caves, etc.) . But I never had a reason to actually
stop in the city.
You could change that: Build a monument to Wrap Drive and First Contact! (build it and we will come -
guaranteed!)
http://www.startrek.com/article/45-years-from-today-first-contact-day
Forty-five years from tonight – on April 5, 2063 -- the Vulcan survey spacecraft T’Plana-Hath will land in Bozeman,
Montana, after following the warp signature of the Phoenix, a ship that represented the human race’s first
successful attempt at achieving warp drive. Soon after, a robed Vulcan, will offer the Vulcan salute and meet Dr.
Zefram Cochrane, pilot of the Phoenix and the inventor of warp drive. First Contact will be etched in history, and it
will pave the way for the formation of the United Federation of Planets.