Engage!
The Starfleet Academy Experience at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum features a re-creation of the Enterprise-D bridge, complete with a captain's chair. The seat might be great for photo opportunities, but those with real ambitions for command might want to take a crack at the Kobayashi Maru exam on one of the eight consoles.
The Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise given to Starfleet Academy graduates to determine their aptitude for command. They're given an impossible choice: A small vessel is in distress in the middle of the Neutral Zone. You can cross into the zone to save the ship but risk an interstellar incident with the Klingons or preserve peace by leaving the ship to its fate. It's meant to be unbeatable: Captain Kirk won, but only by cheating. I couldn't beat it.
Engage!
The Starfleet Academy Experience at New York's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum features a re-creation of the Enterprise-D bridge, complete with a captain's chair. The seat might be great for photo opportunities, but those with real ambitions for command might want to take a crack at the Kobayashi Maru exam on one of the eight consoles.
The Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise given to Starfleet Academy graduates to determine their aptitude for command. They're given an impossible choice: A small vessel is in distress in the middle of the Neutral Zone. You can cross into the zone to save the ship but risk an interstellar incident with the Klingons or preserve peace by leaving the ship to its fate. It's meant to be unbeatable: Captain Kirk won, but only by cheating. I couldn't beat it.