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   From: mdicenso@seds.org   
      
   On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brad Filippone wrote:   
      
   > Mike Dicenso (mdicenso@seds.org) wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > : On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brad Filippone wrote:   
   >   
   > : > Alexander Rogge (a_rogge@yahoo.com) wrote:   
   > : > : >>"Where No One Has Gone Before" - TNG, Series 1.  An "upgrade" to the   
   warp   
   > : > : >>core propells the Enterprise 300 light years out of the Milky Way.   
   > : >   
   > : > : LaForge: "At maximum warp... it would take over 300 years to get home."   
   > : >   
   > : > : LaForge: "...we've not only left our own galaxy but passed through two   
   > : > : others, ending up on the far side of Triangulum, the galaxy known as   
   M-33."   
   > : >   
   > : > An interesting statement considering there ARE NO other galaxies between   
   > : > our own and M33.   
   >   
   >   
   > : In theory the E-D could have passed through one of several dwarf galaxies   
   > : that orbit or are very near our own. My vote for possible canidates   
   > : include the Sagittarious Dwarf, the Ursa Minor Dwarf, and the Draco Dwarf.   
   > : There is also the larger NGC-6822. The E-D would have had to take an   
   erratic course to go through any two of   
   > : these galaxies, mind you, but it is possible.   
   >   
   > It would also depend on where in the galaxy the Enterprise was at the time   
   > of the incident.  If they had been in Earth's solar system, for example,   
   > the dwarf galaxies you mention aren't possible, since they do not lie,   
   > from our perspective between us and  M-33.   
      
      
   The episode indicates that the E-D is nowhere near Earth or even in the   
   Sol system at the time the tests were being conducted, so we can assume   
   that is possible that at least some of the galaxies in question (there's   
   other canidates as well), that could just as easily have been the ones the   
   E-D went through.   
   -Mike   
      
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