quote:Originally posted by The359: SS Hateras and DEV Eagle Valley shouldn't be on the list, since their launch dates is AFTER the 2161 date of the creation of the Federation.
Why couldn't Earth (or organizations thereon) still send out vessels independently?
They could have been part of UESPA, after all.
(Also, a decent rationalization for Kirk's use of the phrase "United Earth Space Probe Agency" in TOS might be that occasionally the Federation vessel was occasionally sent on missions for the UESPA . . . they may have also performed missions for the Vulcan Science Academy, the Andorian Whatchamacallit, et cetera. Indeed, these planet-specific bodies might serve as explanation for the manifold terms of TOS for their operating authority . . . I'm thinking of a Tellarite "Star Service" ("Conscience of the King"), the Andorian "Space Central" ("Miri") . . . )
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Bernd: just wanted to point out that what you call a travel pod from "Broken Bow" was called an "orbital inspection pod" in the script, and did in fact have a name: "Orbital 6," as spoken by the com officer who tells Archer he's needed at Medical.
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