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From: zubbie@ihlpa.UUCP (Jeanette Zobjeck)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Starship losses
Message-ID: <228@ihlpa.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-May-85 12:41:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 10 12:41:37 1985
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> Four ships out of TWELVE is ather bad, regardless of the circumstances.
> If the dangers were so great, Starfleet should commission more ships.
> Apparently (according to THE MAKING OF STAR TREK) these ships have been 
> around forty years.
> 
> Here's a question.  What's this about a FIVE year mission they say at
> the beginning of each episode?
> 
> -r-

All good things should have an end in view. In this case perhaps they
hoped that by stating that it was a five year mission they could parley
things intoa minimum five year run for the series .

jeanette zobjeck
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