# Average Star Trek Human Life Expectancy?

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**Created:** [December 27, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-star-trek-human-life-expectancy/522685 "2009-12-27T06:37:25Z")\
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> [@boilercake](#):
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> how old could a red shirt expect to live if they were to actually/eventually die of “natural causes?”

Well, a red shirt security guard in the original Star Trek had a life span of a maximum of 12 minutes, or until the second commercial break. Which ever came first.

This was considered ‘natural causes’ in TOS.

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