amusing feature of moonbase design

[Ian Pearse]

Some of you may remember a TV series from a while back called Space: 1999. it was by gerry Anderson, known for Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and many others.

For those who don't know the series, the basic idea was that the Moon was blasted out of Eath's orbit by nuclear explosions (I know, I know...) I found a DVD with 4 episodes on it and have been watching. One of the is called The Last Sunset, where a passing planet sends devices that give the Moon an atmosphere. In one sequence, the inhabitants of the Moonbase are watching a sunrise through their new atmosphere. Someone in the base opens a window to let the breeze in.

Who would design a moonbase with opening windows??

But, apart from the odd moment like that, it's not a bad series really.

[nomuse]

To be fair, these were windows that could be broken by banging on them with a helmet...

[Jason]

I very much doubt that the windows of the office building I'm sitting in can be broken by a helmet, and they cannot be opened. And I'm on Earth (at least last time I checked).

[wdmundt]

In defense of the Moonbase Alpha windows -- they had to be hit several times with a helmet to break. And the guy doing the banging had magnetic radiation-induced SPACE MADNESS, which explains a lot.

[Jason]

Oh, SPACE MADNESS was involved. Carry on then.

[wdmundt]

Here is an actual screen cap from that episode:

Notice that his helmet is missing....

[BertL]

There seems to be stuff coming out of his head, too.

[Al Johnston]

Martin Landau's not looking so good: it has to be said....

[wdmundt]

It seems I may have been mistaken. This is the correct screen cap:


From www.space1999.net/catacombs/

[nomuse]

Horrible, what magnetism can do to you. Who'a thunk that would be the real danger of high-activity nuclear waste?