Moonbase

I could never understand why SHADO never built Moonbase underground, for
obvious reasons:
Safety & security from alien attack - try destroying the base through all
that rock-
& security/secrecy from such organisations
as Dalotek or other moon based groups, that might stumble across the base
i.e., run it on the same lines as the base under the film studio......just
a thought.

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Kevin;
good thoughts. I have wondered the same, but the only thing I can come up
with is:

1. The time that it would take to dig out the structure.

SHADO was to be operational in a fairly short time, hence it made sense to
build the main part above ground and keep the weapons and interceptor
storage underground. That would take the minimal amount of time.

Also the seismic <sp> activity would have been detected, if it had gone on
for any length of time.

Plus, the removal of the material.

Remember, Space 1999 was to be the UFO second season and Alpha was was alot
bigger underground.


2. That the current Moonbase was only an interium base.

See above comments.

I think that if UFO was to go in in the series, Moonbase would have moved
into a bigger base and there would have been more defenses also. A larger
Interceptor force, more personnal.


Just a few thoughts;
Steve Christensen

"Yes, I'm still here. Lurking in the background"

I actually like the design of Moonbase; it makes a lot of sense.
You can see from the exterior that it was built from pre-fabricated
sections and panels. From the information that we have on SHADO, we
know that Moonbase was one of the last things constructed. Building
a base on Earth is easier, building one on the Moon would require a
lot more effort with other difficulties. See the episodes "Confetti
Check A-OK" and "Destruction" for information on the building of
SHADO.

Nick

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From: "Steve Christensen" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: RE: [SHADO] Moonbase




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None of those is really an issue. There are plenty of ways to put
structures under the ground. "Cut and Cover" is the best way for such a deal
on the moon, where environmental restoration is not a concern.. You simply
dig or blast out a trench using high explosives, lower the moonbase sections
into them, and bulldoze them over.

An old lunar base building concept from the 60's envisioned a
conveyor-belt like trench digging machine which neatly cut the trench into
the ground, and then something like a huge snowblower to circle around it
and throw the soil back on top of it when done. Nothing could be seen
afterwards but a low mound of dirt.

....Not very interesting viewing for camera lead-in shots for moonbase
scenes, which is why I suggest they didn't go that route. The above ground
base simply looks cooler.

Dave H.

Just my two cents here. Kevin, what about communications. You need to have some structures on top because it is very hard to communicate through solid rock. In UFO's 1980 the UFO's might have found it easier to bury Moonbase. But having defences on the moon's surface would make it harder to hit the right target. Moonbase Alpha always had bad luck whenever they were attacked. Beams fell from the roofs and hit operatives. Too bad they couldn't have developed force fields for more than gravity. But it might not have been as dramatic either.

Kevin Lazenby <[hidden email]> wrote:
I could never understand why SHADO never built Moonbase underground, for
obvious reasons:
Safety & security from alien attack - try destroying the base through all
that rock-
& security/secrecy from such organisations
as Dalotek or other moon based groups, that might stumble across the base
i.e., run it on the same lines as the base under the film studio......just
a thought.




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