Several very cynical answers, here.
But the correct answer is to refer to ancient prophecy, where such events of the future were foretold — Yeah verily! — back in the Apollo Era. You are, after all, talking of what we coyly refer to as Space XXXX.
In and out the Eagle: That's the way the money goes.
https://artstation.com/artwork/3dozPB
My Favourite Psychon - Maya from Space 1999
pencil on paper #space1999
This month, the people of the mythical planet Triton are so (understandably) keen to avoid any contact with the human race that they send a large yellow lightbulb to capture the Moon and issue urgent demands for the entire contents of the base’s OneDrive. These demands mostly involve abducting Helena and inserting things into her brain, giving Barbara the chance to try out a bewildering array of new facial expressions.
Deep Space 1999
(series 1 theme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFBnzLxlcsY
#Space1999 #DS9 #DeepSpaceNine #DeepSpace9 #StarTrek #StarTrekDS9 🖖
Good morning. 🌅🌥️☕
27 December 2025
The holiday season is almost over—just one more hurdle to clear, New Year’s Day. After that, it should be smooth sailing into 2026… hopefully. 🤞
We’re already 27 years past the imagined future of the ’60s and ’70s, when 1999 was the benchmark of what “the future” would look like. I’ve mentioned the show Space: 1999 before, because back then the year itself felt mythic—pure science fiction. Yet here we are, nearly three decades beyond it, and Moonbase Alpha is still just a storyboard dream. Nations have talked about building bases on the Moon, but it turns out the task is far more complicated than simply saying, “Let’s do it.” We’re practically back to celebrating the same milestones we reached in the ’60s, when Alan Shepard rode Freedom 7 as the first American in space, following the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
My guess is that putting people on the Moon isn’t the biggest challenge—though that alone is enormous. The real obstacle is getting the materials and equipment there to actually build a station. And then there’s the ongoing logistics of keeping a Moon base alive: oxygen, water, food… a constant supply chain stretching across a quarter million miles. A true engineering and survival puzzle.
Hmm… my thoughts wandered farther than I intended. All I really meant to say is that the fictional futures imagined in the mid‑20th century never came to pass—yet the years kept moving forward anyway.
“The future is not what it used to be." - Arthur C. Clarke
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” - Carl Sagan
“The future is much like the present, only longer.” - J. Robert Oppenheimer
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #nature #morning #sunrise #future #space1999 #space #moon
Thinking of trying a high risk / high return strategy on the dating apps by having a current photo and the text:"Don't talk to me unless it's about Space:1999 or Star Cops"
If you want prophetic, there's the '#minisec' from Arthur C. Clarke's 1975 novel _Imperial Earth_.
And of course #Orac from #Blakes7 in 1978.
Possibly only Kerr Avon truly twigged that all of the processing power was in the key and the big perspex box with the Christmas tree lights was a glorified base station with the PSU and speaker and simply camouflage for the most part.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/114587658010251638
Orac's key is now realizable as a #RaspberryPi with a 'modular' case from PiHut — I have one. It's the size and appearance of the BBC prop, connects to other computers wirelessly ('Tariel cells'), and has analogue audio output.
The popular #SciFi gadget that we don't have is the '#commlock' from #Space1999 in 1974. Unlike Orac, we have the technology to make full ones today. I suspect that they would go down a storm at SciFi conventions if someone set them up with a LAN, local videoconferencing, and electronic tickets/calendars.
Thunderbirds & Space: 1999 toys and collectables exhibition, Ladbroke Grove, now till 28/02 #ThunderbirdsAreGo #Space1999 #GerryAnderson #MuseumOfBrands https://museumofbrands.com/portfolio-item/thunderbirds-and-space-1999-a-celebration-of-sci-fi-toys-and-collectables-1596/
#happybirthday @thesarahdouglas #sarahdouglas #actress #Superman #Rollerball #Space1999 #ReturnoftheSaint #ThePeopleThatTimeForgot #ConantheDestroyer #FalconCrest #V_TheFinalBattle #TheReturnofSwampThing #Babylon5 #StargateSG1 #BatmanBeyond #greenlantern #Supergirl #AChristmasPrince
Thunderbirds are GO! Although the British kids show was slightly before my time, Thunderbirds never-the-less put Gerry Anderson on the TV map and would eventually go on to give us UFO and #Space1999 so I'm a HUGE fan.
@talosman Did a cracking job with these fun, technical wallpapers so if you are #TeamThunderbirds you'll love them!
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@forty2 “Kano: what does computer say?” #space1999
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It’s been a long, long journey since the moon left Earth’s orbit back on September 13, 1999. A journey covering countless light-years, spanning galaxies, universes and other astronomical terms used with complete and absolute imprecision. The Alphans have travelled far indeed.
So too have Ben and Eugene as they have gone along with them ever step by misstep of the way. Here now we look back on that journey and reflect on what we learned.
https://fusionpatrol.com/2019/03/18/412-space-1999-moonset-special-series-wrap-up-episode/
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Ben and Eugene enjoy one last journey with the unwitting spacefarers of Moonbase Alpha as they look at the final episode of Space: 1999, the Dorcons.
Episode Synopsis:
2409 days after the moon left Earth’s orbit, Alpha encounters a strange probe in space which paralyzes all the Alphans except Maya, who is singled out and subjected to excruciating pain.
After the probe releases her and the others, the probe dissolved and is replaced by a Dorcon spacecraft. Maya is fatalistically paralyzed in panic. The Dorcons want her brain stem to make immortal. There is nothing the Alphans can do against the greatest empire in the galaxy to protect her.
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The Dorcons and their Counsel Varda want to make their leader, the Archon, immortal. The Archon’s nephew, and heir to the Archon’s throne, doesn’t really want his uncle to be ruler forever.
Koenig refuses to turn over Maya, and the Dorcons start blasting the crap out of Alpha. Some of the crew start to rebel, suggesting its better to give Maya up to save their lives.
Koenig threatens to kill Maya rather than turn her over and the Dorcons halt their attack. Next they teleport a landing party down and simply take Maya.
Koenig leaps into the teleport beam and follows them back to the Dorcons’ ship.
There, Malik helps Koenig escape, but leads him astray so that he can get to and kill Archon before he is made immortal, blaming the crime on Koenig. Archon is killed, but in the confusion, Koenig and Maya escape into the ship.
Confronted by Counselor Varda for the murder of the Archon, Koenig blames on Malik, which Varda realizes is true. In a shootout with Malik, Varda is killed, but the antimatter engine is damaged. The Dorcons and their new Archon are killed in a massive explosion.
Alpha sails off one last time into the sunset, their fate never to be revealed.[/expand]
https://fusionpatrol.com/2019/02/04/406-space-1999-the-dorcons/
Movie TV Tech Geeks #TVFeatures #Space1999 #2001ASpaceOdyssey 50 Years Ago, This Forgotten 2-Season Sci-Fi Was One of the Most Expensive Shows Ever Made http://dlvr.it/TP6v8c
