tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post5643640037774196692..comments2023-05-20T11:22:27.581-03:00Comments on Some Wonderful Kind of Noise: Star Trek: S1E4 The Naked Time reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-83445327084765824242014-06-21T12:53:31.554-03:002014-06-21T12:53:31.554-03:00think of orbit as "controlled falling". ...think of orbit as "controlled falling". All satellites' orbits eventually decay and they break up and fall out as space junk. May take decades but it does ultimately happen.LFRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255368116910717822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-21542632226490118242014-06-21T12:35:51.531-03:002014-06-21T12:35:51.531-03:00In this case the planet was about to break up, I b...In this case the planet was about to break up, I believe, requiring constant adjustments to maintain a stable orbit. <br /><br />(Also, "I'll take you home again, Kathleen" ;) )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10249364181030118252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-23364269024215361372014-06-20T19:37:14.716-03:002014-06-20T19:37:14.716-03:00That's really interesting! So satellites, are ...That's really interesting! So satellites, are they always sort of making little corrections, then, or are they small enough compared to Enterprise that they wouldn't have so bad of an issue?Wonderful Noisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542277089898684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-19385760059255339262014-06-20T14:46:29.310-03:002014-06-20T14:46:29.310-03:00A proper orbit is actually hard to get. Once you a...A proper orbit is actually hard to get. Once you are in it, it's easy to maintain, but it's like being on a tightrope. Not having engines is like not being able to balance, which results in either eventual orbital decay, or eventual escape velocity. (The moon, for instance, gets a tiny bit further away from earth every orbit, even though it's thought to be a stable orbit).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-64214046659240541022014-06-20T12:59:34.193-03:002014-06-20T12:59:34.193-03:00Sulu (Mr. OhhhMyyyyyy George Takei) bouncing shirt...Sulu (Mr. OhhhMyyyyyy George Takei) bouncing shirtless onto the bridge and grabbing Uhuru is one of my favorite "Getting Crap Past the Censors" moment ever (my all-time favorite won't come until "Wink of an Eye," a season 3 episode). Sulu promises to defend the "Fair maiden" and she replies "Sorry, neither."<br /><br />Cracks. Me. Up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130024768875427937.post-91068516553601253262014-06-20T12:33:05.391-03:002014-06-20T12:33:05.391-03:00Nurse's name is Chapel. She was the mistress, ...Nurse's name is Chapel. She was the mistress, and eventually the wife, of Gene Roddenberry, and also does the voice of the ship's computer in all Star Trek incarnations (except the most recent movie due to her passing.)<br /><br />Riley... he just sort of bounces around doing whatever. This is a fun episode, and possibly Sulu's most entertaining part.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.com