Re: Interceptor launch craters?
Posted by
naughtyhector-2 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Real-life-SHADO-tp1510796p1510829.html
Just another thought - if you were designing a military base where
would you put the missile storage? Not right next to the mainbase me
thinks....
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[hidden email], "Christian J." <memorymetropolis@...>
wrote:
>
> Marc wrote:
>
> > Yes, I've never seen anything in
> > the series (or in publicity or behind
> > the scenes photos) that would indicate
> > where exactly those craters are
> > with respect to Moonbase...
>
> Hi Marc and all,
>
> That's a real problem. Thinking of it:
>
> The pilots are stationed on Moonbase (in the leisure sphere) and
> access the interceptors via chutes. That indicates that the silos
> should be next to Moonbase (otherwise the chutes have to be *very*
> long which doesn't make sense). As Teresa mentioned, in THE CAT
WITH
> TEN LIVES you can see the interceptors through a window in the
> background.
>
> In EXPOSED Straker demands that the pilots should be space born
> within two minutes of a red alert which is not much time (alert
> put on the helmets chute fasten seatbelts elevating to ground
> level lift off). Another evidence that the silos must be next to
> Moonbase.
>
> On the other hand in MINDBENDER the interceptors are already on
> ground level when the approaching UFO is sighted and rush towards
it
> for some time (about a minute) before the alien craft destructs
> itself next to Moonbase and Straker is told that the
> interceptors "didn't get near it". Therefore the silos must be far
> away from Moonbase.
>
> It remains a mystery
>
> Christian
>