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   From: am.swallow@eatspam.btinternet.com   
      
   "Troy Heagy"  wrote in message   
   news:abf84c3c.0404140735.536e7fbc@posting.google.com...   
   > rgormannospam@telusplanet.net (David Johnston)   
   > > Most of the exploration of the world has actually been carried out   
   > > by various navies.  And of course TNG rarely did any exploration.   
   >   
   >   
   > Yeah but naval exploration ended almost 100 years ago.  Modern navies   
   > are just patroling known areas.   
   >   
   > As for TNG, I think they did do SOME exploration...you know, visited   
   > new worlds/cultures.  So do you really think joining a modern U.S. or   
   > EU navy is roughly equivalent to Trek?   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > I wonder if serving on a scientific research vessel would be similar   
   > to Star Trek life?   
      
   The nearest life to Babylon 5 and DS9 are Malta and Gibraltar.   
   Places that are a mixture of both civilian and military life.   
      
   Andrew Swallow   
      
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