Space: 1999


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Category: Science-Fiction
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1975
Years: 2
Episode Length: 60

Notes:

The premise of this show is perhaps one of the most bizarre of any successful science fiction series. A colony based on Earth's moon is used to dispose of nuclear waste created by the human civilization on Earth. The idea of using the moon as our dumping ground is hardly new. However, something goes wrong, and as improbable as it may be, the nuclear waste explodes, knocking the moon out of Earth's orbit and into deep space. This series follows the lives of the humans left stranded on the moon, as it travels deep through outer space.

So, forget for the moment that it would be impossibly expensive to ship garbage to the moon. Also ignore the concept that nuclear waste doesn't just randomly explode. As sad as this sounds, in the 70's the general public just didn't have a fraction of the knowledge about nuclear energies that they do now, so they thought this concept was plausible. Also, ignore the fact that a nuclear explosion large enough to knock the moon out of orbit, would also destroy both the moon and the Earth in the process. Finally, ignore the fact that even if it were feasible to remove the moon from Earth's orbit in some mysteriously non-destructive way, the devastation it would cause to Earth's climate, gravitational fields, tides and almost every aspect of its current state, would be incalculable. Once you ignore all of that, you end up with another awesome space based science-fiction show. Yes, it was a fun show, even if it made no sense.

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Updated: 29 Sep 2012 22:37


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Link Name space-1999
Category Science-Fiction
Status Ended
Premiered 1975
Years In Production 2
Episode Length 60
Notes

The premise of this show is perhaps one of the most bizarre of any successful science fiction series. A colony based on Earth's moon is used to dispose of nuclear waste created by the human civilization on Earth. The idea of using the moon as our dumping ground is hardly new. However, something goes wrong, and as improbable as it may be, the nuclear waste explodes, knocking the moon out of Earth's orbit and into deep space. This series follows the lives of the humans left stranded on the moon, as it travels deep through outer space.

So, forget for the moment that it would be impossibly expensive to ship garbage to the moon. Also ignore the concept that nuclear waste doesn't just randomly explode. As sad as this sounds, in the 70's the general public just didn't have a fraction of the knowledge about nuclear energies that they do now, so they thought this concept was plausible. Also, ignore the fact that a nuclear explosion large enough to knock the moon out of orbit, would also destroy both the moon and the Earth in the process. Finally, ignore the fact that even if it were feasible to remove the moon from Earth's orbit in some mysteriously non-destructive way, the devastation it would cause to Earth's climate, gravitational fields, tides and almost every aspect of its current state, would be incalculable. Once you ignore all of that, you end up with another awesome space based science-fiction show. Yes, it was a fun show, even if it made no sense.




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