General / Off-Topic Leonard Nimoy dies at 83

[Rikk]

Done. Good Call.

 

[IAM GROOT]

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LLAP - you were an inspiration to millions, and to many generations.

I 100% agree sad day

 

[kryton]

totally support this idea, please FD forget all other sugestions due to the tragic news

 

[Darshendros the Eternal]

Couldn't think of a name before today.

 

[SlackR]

Spoiler

Totally behind this proposal

 

[Jezzah]

There are lots of other stations named after actor type people.

Leonard nimoy fired my imagination and lots of others over the years and that's worthy of a few lines of script and pixels in the ED universe I think for sure.

 

[C. Vektra]

Agreed. The station should be named after the iconic star. He will be sorely missed.

Nimoy Hub has a nice ring to it.

 

[Conestoga]

No thanks. I liked this actor's characters on TV and movies but, he didn't really contribute anything to mankind, other than entertainment. I'm sure he was a nice guy and all but, it's not like we was Newton, Einstein, or Hawkings or any of the hundreds of thousands that deserve an honor far more than an actor. Just my opinion.

No offense but, an actor, IMO, doesn't deserve a place in ED.

I challenge you to name one person who has inspired more space scientists than Leonard Nimoy.

 

[blitzspear]

No thanks. I liked this actor's characters on TV and movies but, he didn't really contribute anything to mankind, other than entertainment. I'm sure he was a nice guy and all but, it's not like we was Newton, Einstein, or Hawkings or any of the hundreds of thousands that deserve an honor far more than an actor. Just my opinion.

No offense but, an actor, IMO, doesn't deserve a place in ED.

So we should remove George Lucas and Ridley Scott stations as they were in the 'acting/entertainment' arena and offered nothing to mankind?

 

[Midnight_Sun323]

No thanks. I liked this actor's characters on TV and movies but, he didn't really contribute anything to mankind, other than entertainment. I'm sure he was a nice guy and all but, it's not like we was Newton, Einstein, or Hawkings or any of the hundreds of thousands that deserve an honor far more than an actor. Just my opinion.

No offense but, an actor, IMO, doesn't deserve a place in ED.

You mean, other than inspiring several generations of young scientists and engineers?

 

[MahdDogg]

No thanks. I liked this actor's characters on TV and movies but, he didn't really contribute anything to mankind, other than entertainment. I'm sure he was a nice guy and all but, it's not like we was Newton, Einstein, or Hawkings or any of the hundreds of thousands that deserve an honor far more than an actor. Just my opinion.

No offense but, an actor, IMO, doesn't deserve a place in ED.

But George Lucas and Ridley Scott do?

Nimoy was an actor AND a director, a poet and a humanitarian. An icon in the Sci-Fi community.

 

[Gregstrom]

No thanks. I liked this actor's characters on TV and movies but, he didn't really contribute anything to mankind, other than entertainment. I'm sure he was a nice guy and all but, it's not like we was Newton, Einstein, or Hawkings or any of the hundreds of thousands that deserve an honor far more than an actor. Just my opinion.

No offense but, an actor, IMO, doesn't deserve a place in ED.

Since he was also a director, there's already a precedent.
Can you provide a new argument please?

Edit: also, damn these ninjas!

 

[Sanderson]

So we should remove George Lucas and Ridley Scott stations as they were in the 'acting/entertainment' arena and offered nothing to mankind?

IMO, yes but, that's my opinion. Obviously you don't agree and that's Ok.

 

[Rikk]

No thanks. I liked this actor's characters on TV and movies but, he didn't really contribute anything to mankind, other than entertainment. I'm sure he was a nice guy and all but, it's not like we was Newton, Einstein, or Hawkings or any of the hundreds of thousands that deserve an honor far more than an actor. Just my opinion.

No offense but, an actor, IMO, doesn't deserve a place in ED.

I'd saying inspiring people through his roles as an actor is pretty significant.

Science (and sci-fi) enthusiasts worldwide will disagree with you.

 

[cowasaki]

I came on here to suggest that too.

Leonard Nimoy Memorial.

 

[Sundiver]

No offense but, an actor, IMO, doesn't deserve a place in ED.

Well it already has movie directors in it so i think the precedent is already set.

 

[Sanderson]

Since he was also a director, there's already a precedent.
Can you provide a new argument please?

No.

It's my opinion, no need to provide a new one.

Good lord people, it's my opinion, no need to attack because you don't agree.

 

[Alien]

Hey here's a great idea ... how about you all discuss this in the thread for it?
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=116553

I'm getting fed up of duplicate threads about Nimoy (RIP).

And where is Challenger station, you know to honour the 7 who died in the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster?

 

[Allitnil]

I challenge you to name one person who has inspired more space scientists than Leonard Nimoy.

Carl Sagan obviously. Leonard Nimoy played a well known character but he was no scientist & only a so-so actor. It would be a complete travesty to name the first community station after him just because his death happened to coincide with the poll. Spock would argue against such an unscientific approach...

 

[Shockwave Rider]

Yes, let's name the new station after Leonard.

"Spock's Dock." That name would make me smile.