Star Trek IV: Changes in the World since 1986

[Metryq]

SchwEnt wrote:

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^^^ Goddard Moonbase in 1998, Farside Moonbase in 2004, Marsbase 1 in 2012

Or first moon landing in 1963, Mars by 1968... Man Conquers Space

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

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^ Good thing it wasn't...because if that really had happened the Moon would have crashed INTO Earth and destroyed us

All we know is that the waste dumps were on "farside" (incorrectly called "Dark Side" in the opening scene). If just over the limb on the correct side, the Moon might have taken off on a tangent. Dead center on farside and the Moon might have dove inward, grazing Earth. Just over the limb on the other side, well, the Moon might have spiraled in and crashed into Earth. But then the show would have ended right there.

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ In any case, I would think that the loss of the Moon would do to Earth exactly what a later episode of S1999 said it did: destroy it via climate alteration (i.e. the loss of tidal forces generated by the Moon's presence).

[davejames]

General_Phoenix wrote:

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If they emerged from time travel in say.... 2006, their communicators wouldn't really seem all that out of place with all the cellphones out there. If they were in our current time, the iPads and tablets out there would seem of higher tech than some of the things we saw on TOS, and more on par with TNG tech.

Ha, so true. Our gadgets and technology would have probably looked FAR flashier and more advanced than anything Kirk's crew was using in that movie.

Save of course for the transporters and warp drive.

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I have a friend who is younger than me and was born in 1986. I got him to watch The Voyage Home recently and he said he absolutely loved it. Said it was a wonderful film. Apparently, if anything about it seemed dated, it didn't affect his enjoyment at all!