Space 1999...jeez...they're fast.

<div>Morning All,</div><div><br /></div><div>I just watched Ep.8 of Season 1 of Space 1999.  In the opening, Dr. Russell talks about being between galaxies at 877 days since the Moon broke orbit. That would be 25,000 light years in 2.4 years (at a bare minimum).  In Trek terms, that'd be right around Warp 22 (rounding, I'm not a Vulcan...wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey).</div><div><br /></div><div>The have what is essentially, an atomic engine on the moon. No matter the size, the particles are going to peak at light speed. Being that the laws of physics state that there is an equal reaction to action, they would be about halfway to Alpha Centauri, if they were pointed the right direction.</div><div><br /></div><div>If the waste dump had exploded with enough force to accelerate the moon to LUDICROUS SPEED, I'm guessing the Earth and close neighbors would be pretty, sparkly bits orbiting the Sun. That force would have also turned the moon into an Omelete du Fromage.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I'm hungry...</div><div><br /></div><div>The Andersons had a wicked imagination. Heck, how many of us got on the path due to their ideas?<br /></div>