david@dcl-cs.UUCP (David Coffield) (06/25/85)
Someone recently noted that the replacement of Eagle landers on Space 1999 was not possible due to the fact that the base had very finite resources. He also noted that the Enterprise could easily pop in to a starbase for repairs. What puzzles me is that the 5 year mission of the Enterprise was "to boldy go .." etc and therefore there shouldn't be a starbase in sight if they were chartering unknown territory. Also, how come they knew the name of every planet they visited? Surely they wouldn't have had a name if no-one had been there before. Just a thought .... -- UUCP: ...!seismo!mcvax!ukc!icdoc!dcl-cs!david DARPA: david%lancs.comp@ucl-cs | Post: University of Lancaster, JANET: david@uk.ac.lancs.comp | Department of Computing, Phone: +44 524 65201 ext 4150 | Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK.
avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) (06/25/85)
> .................. Also, how come they knew the name of every planet they > visited? Surely they wouldn't have had a name if no-one had been there before. > > Just a thought .... Well, I mean really... they don't have to be too clever to call a planet Rigel-12. (Like we'd be Sol-3.) Probably the folks on Rigel-12 called their planet something else, like Sid or something...
ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli) (06/27/85)
> > unknown territory. Also, how come they knew the name of every planet they > visited? Surely they wouldn't have had a name if no-one had been there before. > The planet names follow a very simple algorithm: Star Name followed by Planet Number where numbers increase as you go out from the star. The stars are visible from a distance (or hadn't you noticed?) and have already been named for some time. Believe it or not, there are stars out there right now that have been named already... Will wonders never cease? -- "Blast it, Spock, I'm a DOCTOR, not an astronomer!" -- --rick heli (... ucbvax!ucdavis!groucho!ccrrick)