USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) - Cultural Impact

Cultural Impact

• A write-in campaign led to the first space shuttle being named Enterprise rather than Constitution.
• Because of the efficiency of its style and layout, the Enterprise's bridge design was once considered for use by the United States Navy.
• The original series-era Enterprise appears on a commemorative stamp released by the United States Postal Service.
• Virgin Galactic named its first commercial spaceship the VSS Enterprise in honor of the Star Trek vessel.
• Vulcan, Alberta, created a 31-foot model starship inspired by Star Trek's Enterprise.
• The operations aboard the Enterprise have been used as an analogy for practices in human resources management.
• A website was created in which a functional spacecraft with a layout like the Enterprise could be used as a fully functioning interplanetary craft, built with current technology in as little as twenty years.