From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:41:00 AM UTC-8, Barry Margolin wrote:   
   > In article <74d868cd-9613-4499-8f20-3df53ef77735@googlegroups.com>,   
   >  jack  wrote:   
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   > > On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 12:33:32 AM UTC-5, Tim Bruening wrote:   
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   > > > A character tells another character that the other character's father   
   > > > believed that it was possible to launch an interstellar ship on a 100   
   year   
   > > > trip to the Centauri system, using just the technology available in the   
   > > > 1960s.  Furthermore, Dad believed that the US had actually launched such   
   a   
   > > > ship.   
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   > > > Said ship is the USS Ascension, and its an Orion class ship.  I assume   
   that   
   > > > means that nuclear bombs are used to propel it.   
   > > >   
   > > > How would you go about building an interstellar ship with just 1960s   
   tech?   
   > > >   
   > > > A black man is romantically involved with a white woman.  On Ascension,   
   > > > this is frowned upon.  A black woman reminds the black man that it isn't   
   > > > lawful for him to love that woman.  Why didn't JFK order that there be no   
   > > > racial discrimination on board Ascension?  After all, it is well outside   
   > > > the jurisdiction of the South!   
   > >   
   > > As to your last point, was it not more a matter of cross-class   
   > > "contamination" that was being frowned upon?   
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   > I don't think it was classes. My understanding is that there's a   
   > computerized "match making" system that pairs people up based on genetic   
   > compatibility. That's why Helfer is married to the Captain, even though   
   > they have no love for each other.   
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   > I guess the idea is that on an ark with limited resources, you have to   
   > be very careful about creating suboptimal children. Any mating outside   
   > these predetermined hookups is taboo.   
      
   Yet I have seen a LOT of extra-martial sex in the two episodes!  One of the   
   high ranking woman (Helfer?) even runs a prostitution ring for the high   
   ranking men!   
      
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