Capt. Kirk Postage Stamp Poll
Unlike the Elvis situation, there's no need to wait until Shatner beams up to plan now for his bumper sticker/commemorative postage stamp. Do you prefer the young, suave, yet inexperienced Kirk? Or is the old, wisened Kirk to your liking?
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I vote for the young, virile Kirk myself." - Nicki ************************************ [The Young Kirk.] I just....DID....what I....HAD....to do... Surely, Bones...YOU...of all PEOPLE... .can....understand that. - "travlinsouth" ************************************ "The young one. No girdle, no wig ." - Eric "Mr. Freedom" G. ************************************ "Young Kirk before the implant surgery" - Chuck ************************************ "Young Kirk swirls my skirt." - D.R. Mintz ************************************ |
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like the old guy.. he's suave. I've never watched the show tho." - Jill ************************************ "I like the old guy. Distinguished and has gotten over having to get the babe in every episode. I can relate to that." - Dan ************************************ "Um...let's see... Young Kirk: Overacts. Old Kirk: Overacts. Young Kirk: Toupee. Old Kirk: Bad toupee. Okay Old Kirk, he's a snappier dresser." - Ken ************************************ " The old Kirk. Because the younger one is incorporated in him and so you get both with one stamp. Or something like that." - M. K. P___r ************************************ "0001111010101011111101010 0011011101111100000 1111100011101011 111000 0101010101010101010 101010101010 1110 0 000 10100." - 01100110 ************************************ |
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From the BBC web site: Saturday, July 10, 1999 Published at 00:55 GMT 01:55 UK
A silent death - Washington Correspondent Tom Carver: "Nasa's secret warning"
The first
astronauts on the moon would have been left to die in silence if
they had been stranded by technical failure, according to
documents just discovered.
The American space agency has confirmed that extensive plans were laid in case Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, the first two men to walk on the moon, were unable to return home. With no rescue mission planned, their communications to Earth would have been switched off and they would have been left to die or commit suicide, the BBC has learned.
President Richard Nixon even had a speech prepared for the watching world if the Apollo XI lunar landing module could not take off from the moon's surface. A memo found in America's national archives reveals the extent of emergency planning for the mission by Nasa and the US Government. President Nixon's speech would have read: "Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, know there's no hope for their recovery. But they also know there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind."
The astronauts insist they were never told of any disaster plans.
The greatest danger to the mission's success came from the lunar landing module. Nobody knew whether it would be able to take off from the moon.
Nasa historian Roger Launis said: "Had they not been able to launch the ascent part of the lunar module they would have been stranded on the surface. There was nothing that was realistic that could be done [for them].
Mr Nixon's disaster speech has remained secret for 30 years since the two astronauts first set foot on the moon on 20 July 1969. And instead of a sombre address Mr Nixon was able to congratulate them on a successful mission. The two men spent 22 hours on the moon after landing in the Sea of Tranquility. They returned safely home, with Michael Collins, the crew member who did not take part in the moon landing, as heroes.
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