10 years ago today: Massive explosion on the Moon rips it out of Earth’s orbit

 Posted by on 13 September 2009  Vintage/Retro
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The late-70s British sci-fi television show, “Space:1999” followed the crew of Moonbase Alpha. On Sept. 13, 1999, a massive nuclear explosion on the far side of the Moon knocked it out of Earth’s orbit and sent the moonbase crew hurtling through space, stranded on the barren rock. Ignoring all science, they managed to visit tons of planets, meet loads of aliens, and have many adventures.

And it all started a decade ago. Good times.

Meanwhile, in real life, we’re still arguing about whether or not we can scrape together a few pennies to actually return to the moon. Sigh.

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Grant Hamilton

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    I’ve often thought of these old sci-fi movies predicting the future in their own way, and my only real comment is… when 2015 hits I better have a damn hover-skateboard and some sexy white high-tops. (Back to the Future, in case you didn’t guess)

  • Colin Corneau

    I remember this show, vaguely, being on TV when I was a kid. It’s amazing to think how far into the future our present seemed to people not so long ago.

    Wasn’t Martin Landau a Canuck?