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Little did I realize
when I undertook the “Starships Comparison” project early in the 2020
COVID-19-enforced lockdown [LINK]
that it would lead me into another, bigger project that will – assuming I do
not lose interest, or, more likely, find some other obsession to divert my
attention – probably result in a series of essays that are doubtless of no
interest to anybody except myself, but which I will end up posting here and then, possibly, attempt to publish. It is no less than
a complete reconsideration of the early history of human spaceflight, basically
until the founding of the United Federation of Planets in 2161, including such
things as the history of Earth from the present until that time, the stages in
the development of the warp drive from the beginning until the late 24th
century when Star Trek: The Next Generation was set, and how much the
later “prequel” series Star Trek: Enterprise (set between 2151 and 2155)
and Star Trek: Discovery (set in the 2250s) should be considered – dare
I say it? – fictional even “within universe” from the perspective of
that later date. There will probably be other things as well. This newest
obsession keeps leading me down the most unexpected rabbit-holes!
