Spoiler-Alert!
This article contains heavy spoilers for the first episode of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Encounter at Farpoint", and light spoilers for the continuation of the series.
The universe, infinite expanses - Star Trek has always meant one thing to me above all: longing for a future that is better than what we are currently experiencing on earth. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the still-evolving franchise, managed to capture the longing for peace in images. Being the humanist that he was, he created a universe in which people have left the problems of the present behind, in which no child has to starve or flee from war anymore. Earth becomes a utopia.