Re: Concorde, Europe-bashing, etc.
Posted by
mps137 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Concorde-Europe-bashing-etc-tp1504822p1504834.html
I think that's a good point. SHADO clearly operated under strong
financial control (such as the episode with the space junk) and had
limits on resources. Spending massive amounts of money on SHADO would
have attracted suspicion from the media, which is clearly one good
reason that in series one SHADO operates a fairly small force. Even
keeping the small Moonbase operational would cost billions.
Of couse in Anderson's plan for a second series of UFO Moonbase was
going to be huge and probably the main place to fight the war against
the Aliens, rather than having the security issues of a base on Earth.
As for Straker being recognised, well how many studio moguls would you
recognise on TV? none I'm betting. Straker ran the studio, I'm
guessing in reality he'd have someone like a press officer to speak to
the media anyway.
Martin
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<barry_john.hinchliffe@n...> wrote:
>
> How about plausible deniability?!
>
> Who's going to believe that a top secret alien defence organisation
> is hiding under a movie studio in England? And to divert attention
> perhaps Harlington-Straker studios put out a series of movies
> featuring all the SHADO vehicles so that they can then claim that
> they are just out shooting the next installment!
>
> Also SHADO is working under tight budget management with Henderson
> having to approve or bully the money into their coffers. I do not see
> the need for SHADO to have to run any facilities for heavy lift
> launches. Once Moonbase was established frequent small resupply trips
> would be all that was needed and only the occasional exceptional
> heavy launch (provided by NASA etc). Having to run such a facility
> would increase the number of people that work for SHADO and that is
> something I believe needs to be kept small. I believe the pad in
> front of Moonbase is supposed to be for other larger vehicles to
> land.
>
> Personally I wouldn't like to go to the Moon in an Apollo capsule
> (and that didn't land). I would rather prefer a reusable system to
> get into space such as the BAC MUSTARD.