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Well, no, but the whole undertone of the movie was that Shinzon is a clone of Picard and his quest to meet his 'real self' and the following argument whether he would be Picard, had he had his life; and Picard stating that he could be more than he is and Shinzon ultimately denying that.
A simple matter of jealousy due to his imprisonment following the Romulans abandoning the infiltration idea using Picard's clone when Shinzon was but a child.
A simple matter of jealousy due to his imprisonment following the Romulans abandoning the infiltration idea using Picard's clone when Shinzon was but a child.
That makes sense I guess. I still think Shinzon should have gone after Romulus first. Heck, it would have been a lot closer than Earth anyway and a perfect way to test their full scale starship weapon without risking the ship in a battle with Starfleet.
Plus, it would have been nice to see the main characters saving another planet besides Earth.
Plus, it would have been nice to see the main characters saving another planet besides Earth.
Well, given that it's Star Trek, we could simply consider that it probably happened that way in a parallel universe and we just got to see one possible chain of events... 
Ah yes, one of the many virtues of a sci-fi series is that we always have parallel universes where we can put the crap, sort of like that closet in the hall where the ugly Christmas sweaters go after the holidays.
Well, according to some theories in the quantum physics field, that's not entirely science fiction anymore... but hey, we'll know eventually.
Yep! Hopefully by then we'll have starships to roam the galaxy with; I'm a bit tired of being earth-bound. 
For the time being it will sadly be a matter of politics, money and power. As per usual. Either that, or some private corporation making big bucks.
All those 'future visions', be it movies or computer games, showing huge mining corporations moving space tavel forward for the purpose of resources, will probably be the main thing. And to a certain extend, you will probably get tourism, too. Once terraforming kicks in. And I have a feeling Mars will be done first. Or the moon.
That being said, I agree with what Picard said, that one of the most perfect moments what seeing Earth from orbit. Wouldn't mind that in my life time.
All those 'future visions', be it movies or computer games, showing huge mining corporations moving space tavel forward for the purpose of resources, will probably be the main thing. And to a certain extend, you will probably get tourism, too. Once terraforming kicks in. And I have a feeling Mars will be done first. Or the moon.
That being said, I agree with what Picard said, that one of the most perfect moments what seeing Earth from orbit. Wouldn't mind that in my life time.
I dunno. With the advent of SpaceX docking their Dragon vehicle to the International Space Station and all those multi-billionaires sinking their money into mining asteroids, it may be moving ahead without the need for politics. I cheered when Dragon docked, and now that the Stratolaunch system is under construction we'll have yet another cheap and, most importantly, private-sector spacecraft to compete with SpaceX and keep prices down. I imagine other companies around the world will begin sprouting using the same idea: low-cost, LEO space travel which will fund larger expeditions and lifting larger payloads into space, such as space stations. NASA's great, but true space exploration will most likely be done in the private sector, where the money is not spent at the whim of a couple of politicians's constituents (hence NASA's measly budget).
I'm hoping with the job I'm heading toward, mechanical engineering, that I'll someday be a part of that, both in designing these future spacecraft and perhaps having enough money to ride one.
I'm hoping with the job I'm heading toward, mechanical engineering, that I'll someday be a part of that, both in designing these future spacecraft and perhaps having enough money to ride one.
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