Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:04:08 -0700 Panthera Tigris
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northe...@outlook.com> wrote:
> On 2018-09-11 06:28, Ubiquitous wrote:
> > • Space 1999
> > • Babylon 5
>
> Babylon 5 wasn't bad. There were some subpar episodes ("Gray 13 is
> Missing" and most of Season 5) but overall it was superior to most SF on
> TV at the time. As the competition was Star Trek DS9, Star Trek Voyager
> (ick) and Space Above and Beyond (shudder), this wasn't hard. I'd have
> loved to see Babylon 5 with a Trek CGI budget. (And without the Trek
> Funny Forehead Of The Week)
>
> Space 1999 was nowhere as good as Babylon 5. It wasn't even as good as
> Space Above and Beyond, which is setting the bar very low indeed. I was
> about 15 when I saw the first episode, which inspired me to do some
> math, which made me wonder three things:
>
> 1 how did the Moon hold together during the initial explosion and
> departure from orbit? To achieve the apparent velocity in the limited
> boost time frame, there would have had to be acceleration of over 10
> gees. Probably well over 10 gees. The Moon is rock. Rocks subjected to
> very high accelerations over a prolonged period tend to break up. This
> would be especially so given that the source of the acceleration was a
> series of really big nuclear explosions in a small area, concentrating
> the force of the acceleration into a limited zone.
It's way way way worse than that. The dump that blew up was on the 'dark'
side of the Moon. So it should have blown the Moon right into the Earth. The
FX show it going in exactly the wrong direction, and then making a hard left
turn ...
>
>
> 2 assuming that anyone on Moonbase Alpha survived the departure, not a
> given as the base would not have been built to survive multiple gees for
> a prolonged period, why didn't they use the substantial number of Eagle
> craft to get the hell off the rock?
There's actually a scene that addresses that:
'This is Commander John Koenig. ' As you know. our moon has been blasted out
of orbit. We have been completely cut off from planet Earth. As we are we
have power environment and therefore a possibility of survival. If we should
try to improvise a return to Earth without travel plots. without full
resources it is my belief that we would fail. Therefore. in my judgement. we
do not try.
'The totally unforeseen accident on the lunar surface 'has caused very
serious repercussions here on Earth. 'The gravity disruption. 'the
earthquakes in the United States along the San Andreas Fault 'and in
Yugoslavia as well as southern France. 'has caused enormous damage to life
and property. 'The International Lunar Commission with its new chairman 'is
in executive conference at this moment. 'deciding what steps might be taken
to rescue 'the 311 men and women on Moonbase Alpha. (Static increasing)
'Little hope is held that there are any survivors. 'It was thought a rescue
might have been attempted from the Spacedock 'until that too was hurled out
of orbit. 'It has now been established that the moon's acceleration 'has put
it beyond the reach of any' (Static) Scan all frequencies for any signal from
Earth.
Read more:
https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-
show=space-1999&episode=s01e01
>
>
> 3 where did they get the volatiles required to continue operations once
> the Moon got out of Eagle range? At a minimum Alpha would require lots
> of air and water as its recycling systems could not be close to 100%
> efficient, and in any case there would be losses every time someone
> opened an airlock. The Eagles would require reaction mass, and there
> were a _lot_ of Eagles. Not quite up to Voyager shuttle numbers, to be
> sure, but then Alpha didn't have a handy replicator to make replacements.
>
> The second season, when several first season regulars simply vanished
> and no-one seemed to notice, and she who was an alien and could shift
> into various animals, but only Earth animals, appeared, dropped my
> already low level of support for the show right through the floor.
STOP MAKING ME DEFEND THIS SHIT SHOW!
Maya could become anything they had a rubber suit of laying around, including
alien animals.