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Great topic, but I feel like I’ve stumbled across Sheldon and Leonard’s blog from ‘Big Bang’. I loved Star Trek’s thought provoking world as a teen in the 60’s, but was floored when, in the late 60’s, the army announced they were experimenting with energy beams that were shot ‘out of phase’. Oh… that’s a Phaser, I thought, and thought more of the show after that. And remember – this was way back in the low-tech 60’s. Anyone remember a moment of genius from early SNL, where Kirk + Crew were under attack… by what turned out to be the most heartless invaders of all - network suits coming to cancel the show. Amidst all the futuristic gear on ST, the attacker’s ship of choice, seen racing up from behind on the bridge’s monitor, no matter what warp speed Kirk requested or what he blasted it with, was a late model Chrysler Imperial (more of a boat. This was Chrysler’s huge luxury model – with more fins and protuberances than the Enterprise - the vehicle of choice for over-inflated ego-types, carbon based or not). A lot of the show is a bit embarrassing to remember now, like a lot of things from our teen years, but Roddenberry knew how to keep us discussing this show, 40 years later.

Any projectile fired at Angela would be 'bent' by the combined mental fusion of her manager and support staff. They wouldn't want their golden swan to die!

I love photos from space, and used to think about the view when I walked by the 8x15' map on the wall at work. Bored, I calculated how high my view would be from a scale 3' away. I later taped a piece of paper showing how high various things were, to scale. I think the shuttle (at 200mi) was 1.4 inch high. The moon would have been in the parking lot. I love little factoids like this. =========== If a globe is 12” dia…- 12” =8000 mi diameter-- 1”=667 mi What ---- How high ------ Above globe surface breathable air limit ~3 mile ( 12-14,000’) = .004” (sounds rather fragile!) space begins= 100 mi ( 80-100 mi) = .15” space shuttle= 250 mi avg (190-350 mi)= .37” geosynchronous satellite== 22,000 mi = 33” moon= 250,000 mi = 31 Feet ( =375”)