This isn’t good science fiction. I was at least hoping all of this was based on good, well thought out science fiction. Why even define the ships as being like DC-8s? There was absolutely no need to date something like that.
This isn’t science fiction. Checkout headlines today (Dec 8, 2020) on the Galactic Federation, published by your favorite news agency!
If not for details like that, it would be easier to think he didn't actually believe any of it.