[HN Gopher] Moonbase Alpha Travel Tube Details
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       Moonbase Alpha Travel Tube Details
        
       Author : zeristor
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2023-10-31 21:23 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (catacombs.space1999.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (catacombs.space1999.net)
        
       | ugh123 wrote:
       | If we're just talking human travel and light payloads, why not
       | lean on EVTOLs on the moon? With less gravity and less
       | track/infra to build could be a cheaper option
        
       | andrewstuart wrote:
       | I loved Space 1999.
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       | 1999 was SO far away when I was a kid in the 1970's.
        
       | anonymousiam wrote:
       | I loved watching this show as a kid.
       | 
       | It's hilarious that the "TRAVEL UNIT" sign hanging from the
       | ceiling is in MICR font (E-13B). Why would you need a machine
       | readable font on a sign meant for humans?
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       | https://www.1001fonts.com/micr-encoding-font.html
        
       | sbisson wrote:
       | There's a fair bit of detail in the recently released Moonbase
       | Alpha Technical Operations Manual, one of a series of in-universe
       | documents from various Anderson shows.
        
       | imglorp wrote:
       | That site is a labor of love, and well deserved by the creatives
       | who made the show.
       | 
       | I had the Revel model Eagle and it seemed like a sensible design
       | for lunar utility craft. The Dynetics design seems closest in the
       | current HLS batch: the opposite of tail sitters.
        
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