May of 2011: Pop the Champagne if this prediction holds true...

The Star Trek vernacular is "Class M," or "Mother Earth"-like planet.

I firmly believe imagination fuels research: the question of "what-if" it were true, then someone goes and applies the Scientific Method. We have automatic doors, cell phones from the flip communicators (the Enterprise a giant cellular tower), the Kindle, especially in the classroom, what could be seen as a medical tricorder and closer to quantum computing.

Class M Planet Predictions