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From: abs@rdin.UUCP (Andrew Siegel)
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Subject: Star Trek honoring Arthur C. Clarke(?)
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Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 09:53:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 13 09:53:33 1984
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Stephen Balzac recently speculated about the possibilities of
replacing the Enterprise as the Star Trek crew's chief means
of locomotion.  One paragraph in particular caught my eye:

> How about a new Excelsior-class (?) vessel for Kirk?  Not Enterprise II,
> but. . .what?  Explorer?  Voyager?  Journeyer?  Venture?  Just some
> ideas.  Nothing, I fear, can replace the name Enterprise.  (Discovery
> is another idea, but Arthur C. Clarke might have something to say about
> that.)

It has occurred to me that a (subtle) link between Star Trek and
Arthur C. Clarke may be in the making, to wit:

I'm sure that you all noticed that the serial number of the Excelsior
was NX-2000.  Wouldn't it make sense (as Stephen hypothesized) that the
ship intended to replace the Enterprise also be called Enterprise?  And
since it is very likely that this "New Enterprise" will be the next ship
in the Excelsior Class, then wouldn't it make sense to assume that its
serial number will be NX-2001?  And doesn't the number 2001 have
significance in a milieu other than that of Star Trek?  Will "Star Trek IV"
be directed by Stanley Kubrick?

Food for thought...

					Andrew Siegel
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