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From: bobg@cstvax.UUCP (Bob Gray ERCC)
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Subject: Re: SPACE 1999. - You can't defend it (slight SPOILER)
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Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 02:36:15 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 22 02:36:15 1985
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In article <169@westo.kcl-cs.UUCP> thornton@westo.UUCP (znac468) writes:
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>	I assumed a terminal velocity of 0.1c ,mainly because if the moon
>	went faster than 0.15c then an Eagle would never catch it.

Spoiler warning....

There is a book (by E.C. TUBB, I think his name was, I can't remember
the title) Which tells a story made up of two episodes from the
series and a story claimed to be a possible "Final episode".
This was writen after the series had ended and explains what
actually happened in the explosion.

>	it was propelled into a 'time warp' and emerged in an area of space
>	where the stars were packed much more tightly together (!).

As I remember the moon was squeezed by the explosion and forced
into a strange fourth-dimensional orbit. This is how it got out
of the solar system so fast.
The moon eventually ends up back in it's original (present) orbit
with a convenient explanation for all the large number of planets
they encountered. A bit far-fetched  but not as silly as the shape
changing alien. ( I liked the first series best too).
Anyone out there read the book and/or remember it's title?

	Bob Gray.
	ERCC.