tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688020825112427314.post5107661655326753842..comments2024-03-07T05:51:54.082-05:00Comments on Professor H's Wayback Machine: Space Conquerors, 1958Henry R. Kujawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688020825112427314.post-63105855539461593452020-02-06T17:58:16.198-05:002020-02-06T17:58:16.198-05:00Es re largo
Es re largo<br />SEMERShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930125979976471766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5688020825112427314.post-90037215281506850302012-05-03T08:36:51.923-04:002012-05-03T08:36:51.923-04:00January 1958: As my friend jathomas has pointed ou...January 1958: As my friend <a href="http://jathomas.livejournal.com" rel="nofollow">jathomas</a> has pointed out, what's funny about this phase is the way they seem to have been sent to the Moon with no planning at all. As he put it, "My favorite so far is that one of the guys grows some plants in his garden. It looks like one single raised bed, but even assuming he has more, it’s clear it’s not a giant hydroponics facility. He’s just commandeered a closet to grow about a dozen plants in. Then the other crew members eat some vegetables, and declare 'It’s time to send for more colonists!'"<br /><br />Or, at various times, the one guy seems to head out of the ship in a spacesuit on his own, while the other guys sit around, and he makes discoveries vital to their survival, but it's as if Earth Command had no guidelines once they got to the moon.<br /><br />I just picture Skipper and Bill playing a lot of cards during the two-week lunar nights.<br /><br />Periodically, they see the other guy suit up in a spacesuit and head out the airlock.<br /><br />"What's that other guy up to?" Skipper asks Bill.<br /><br />"Dunno. You know, that other guy, always coming up with a way to get oxygen, water, power, rocket fuel, food. Always saving our lives and stuff. He's really earning his paycheck!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com