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From: thornton@kcl-cs.UUCP (ZNAC468)
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Subject: Re: SPACE 1999. - You can't defend it
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Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 04:27:17 EDT
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		When I worked the calculation to push the moon out of the 
	Earth's orbit and out in to space I got little more than 1/200 th
	of a lunar mass needed converting into K.E.
		This is because the moon was not travelling at interstellar
	velocity but at a much slower sub-light speed. In the calculation
	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.
		The reason for the moon meeting so many planets is that
	it was propelled into a 'time warp' and emerged in an area of space
	where the stars were packed much more tightly together (!).
		I am not saying that any of the above is possible or correct
	but if enough psuedo-science is applied, any sci-fi concept can be
	explained away. This is why Dr Who and Star Trek got away with it
	(warping the 'fabric' of space, indeed).
		Many of the 1999 episodes were set in interplanetary
	space and didn't include planets anyway e.g. BETA CLOUD,LAMBDA FACTOR.
		I don't think B.G. was a better series ,they relied much
	more heavily on 'library' shots  e.g. seeing those same three vipers
	taking off each episode, and whenever I saw it I couldn't help
	feeling I'd seen this episode before. For me ,SPACE 1999 was the
	best sci-fi series of the 70's.

					Andy T.
	
		(DEFENDER OF THE TRUE FAITH)