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TOS's 'Uhura' Nichelle Nichols Talks Upcoming Book Release
Posted:
07:46:56 on February 15 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: People
Actress Nichelle Nichols, who recently appeared opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in Disney's 'Snow Dogs', spoke to Sci-Fi Pulse about her upcoming novel release 'Saturna's Quest', available February 22nd from the actress's web site uhura.com.
"Saturna was a figment of my childhood imagination and so I suppose you could say that she was my alter ego, and that I lived vicariously through this mystical, magical being (me/her?) from another world. Consequently, through her, I could “become” anything and anyone I wanted to be. I infused in Saturna all the characteristics my young mind imagined her to need, which were all that I understood from the teachings of my mother and father."
The actress talks about other accomplishments in her life, including a role in recruiting minority and women astronauts for NASA in the mid Seventies.
"In 1976-77, I embarked on one of the most challenging undertakings of my life and career. Under contract to NASA, I took off a year from my career, and through my company, Women in Motion, I identified and recruited the first women and minority astronauts for the Space Shuttle Program. After traveling across America speaking at professional organizations, universities, aerospace industries, and even testifying before Congress, the result of this endeavor was so successful; NASA raised its entry quota from twenty to thirty new recruits in order to accommodate the high quality of applicants I had reached. Instead of one Caucasian woman or one minority, NASA chose six women, three African-American men, one Japanese-American man, and I believe one Native American man. In 1984, I received NASA’s highest civilian award, the coveted Distinguished Service Award. In 1987, Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American female Astronaut. She flew her first flight aboard the Endeavor in 1992 and opened each of her shifts with “Hailing Frequencies Open.” She later gifted me with her aqua Land’s End knit sweater, bedecked with her Shuttle patch sewn on, when she was my guest on the “Inside Space” TV show which I hosted for the Sci-Fi Channel in l993. We’ve remained dear friends and occasionally she stays at my home when she is in LA. If you’ve had the chance to read her book, “Find Where The Wind Blows,” you know what an extraordinary and delightful woman she is."
Nichols also speaks briefly about ENTERPRISE, her favorite of the six classic TREK films, and the late De Kelley. Check out the full interview here.
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