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Old 26-December-2007, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Root View Post
An episode of Star Trek TNG had a spacecraft in what was
apparently a stationary orbit over the north pole, which just
about turned me inside out.
Star Trek has anti-gravity, don't forget. So it need not be in orbit at all.
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