Since 1966, Star Trek has treated space as its final frontier, with both Captain James T. Kirk and Captain Jean-Luc Picard stating as such in the opening monologue of their respective series. However, three years ago everything changed, as the franchise officially admitted what fans have known for a long time: not only is space not the final frontier, it's not even close.
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!
Star Trek's Final Frontier Isn't Space, It's "Ascension"
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The reveal came in IDW Publishing's landmark Star Trek #400 (specifically, Collin Kelly,

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