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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Compared to a starship, even Earth orbital space is frickin' HUGE. So unless the Enterprise or whoever was purposefully rendevousing with something else in orbit, it makes perfect sense that they'd appear alone in orbit. Even when relatively close to each other, in practical sense there'd be little viewing any other craft unless they were REALLY CLOSE, or were actaully being looked AT by someone (like the audience). Case in point - today, I was watching NASA TV as the space shuttle rendevoused and docked with the ISS. Now granted, both spacecraft were way smaller than most starships, but even at eight miles away and at maximum magnification on the station's cameras, the shuttle was a very small white dot, only really visible during an OMS burn. Barely anything on the shuttle could be made out until it got within a mile or two! In other words, for all intents and purposes practically every advanced planet Trek has run into could be swarming with ships and satellites... They're just never close enough to see. Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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