This article was published on July 19, 2012

Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson explain why the original Star Trek’s Enterprise is the best of all time


Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson explain why the original Star Trek’s Enterprise is the best of all time

Every year at Comic-Con they wrap up with a battle of fantasy logic called the Starship Smackdown, where a bunch of well known nerds get together and argue down to the last about which spaceship is the best of all time. This year, it came down to the Enterprise NCC 1701 and the NCC 1701-A from the first movie.

Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci has more color commentary, but apparently acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was in the audience, and jumped up to defend the once and forever greatest starship…

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