Star Trek episodes and films often feature accurate astronomical science that can be used to educate the public.

“what I've done here is cherry-picked episodes and movie scenes that really reflect I think the the science of the real science so well particularly astronomical science”

The inclusion of children in the workplace on the Enterprise-D was a positive representation of family friendliness.

“I think one of the great things about about Star Trek was in fact it's family friendliness right that there were actually children on the enterprise-d and things like that”