The thing was, this was intended to be a "Bottle episode"- cheap,using canned file footage.
"The etymology of this phrase originates with a similar term used on the set of the original 1960s-era Star Trek. Cast and crew members of the show use the phrase "ship-in-a-bottle episodes" for episodes that took place only on board the Starship Enterprise." -Wikipedia
The show was not yet that popular- it was already over budget for their first season (so far,per episode) and they wanted to do a cheap episode to even things out- unfortunately, it got out of hand,especially duplicating the Command Center.
Even those cheesy effects were more than they typically used- CGI wasn't around yet.
The thing that interests me MOST,though, is what fstopdigital already pointed out- The Columbia disaster.
It is,as he said in his post:
"because the "tiles are damaged." Well, I felt a chill in my spine when I realized this was made in 1993, 13 YEARS before the Shuttle Columbia disaster, where yes, the shuttle burned up on re-entry because of damaged foam tiles.
Furthermore, it gets even weirder. Somehow I stumbled on this NASA commander Clark McClelland while trying to figure this stuff out. He bears an odd resemblance to "Colonel Belt." From the net:
"Clark McClelland is a retired Spacecraft Operator with NASA who during a 34 year career was responsible for ensuring the safety of numerous NASA missions including Mercury spaceflights, Apollo missions, the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. In a statement released on his website McClelland revealed that he witnessed an eight to nine foot tall extraterrestrial in association with a Space Shuttle mission he was monitoring from the Kennedy Space Center."
So obviously, one of the writers (or Carter himself) read this statement and decided to base an episode on him, right? Except he didn't release this info until July 2008. And to top it all off, this guy was responsible for the safety of the Columbia mission, and there are pictures on the web of him sitting in the cockpit of the doomed ship."
There is very little comment on this anywhere on The Web- they sure buried it in a below average episode.
Thank you,Fstop,for the additional information about Clark McClelland- Did he also step out of a hospital window like Admiral James Forestal?
As recorded in the New York Times (February 28th 1960) by Admiral Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter;
(Born May 8 1897 - Died June 18 1982)
He was the third director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, serving from May 1, 1947 to October 7, 1950.
"Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs., but through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense."
"The U.S. Air Force has constantly misled the public about UFO's. I urge congressional action to reduce the danger from secrecy."
"The etymology of this phrase originates with a similar term used on the set of the original 1960s-era Star Trek. Cast and crew members of the show use the phrase "ship-in-a-bottle episodes" for episodes that took place only on board the Starship Enterprise." -Wikipedia
The show was not yet that popular- it was already over budget for their first season (so far,per episode) and they wanted to do a cheap episode to even things out- unfortunately, it got out of hand,especially duplicating the Command Center.
Even those cheesy effects were more than they typically used- CGI wasn't around yet.
The thing that interests me MOST,though, is what fstopdigital already pointed out- The Columbia disaster.
It is,as he said in his post:
"because the "tiles are damaged." Well, I felt a chill in my spine when I realized this was made in 1993, 13 YEARS before the Shuttle Columbia disaster, where yes, the shuttle burned up on re-entry because of damaged foam tiles.
Furthermore, it gets even weirder. Somehow I stumbled on this NASA commander Clark McClelland while trying to figure this stuff out. He bears an odd resemblance to "Colonel Belt." From the net:
"Clark McClelland is a retired Spacecraft Operator with NASA who during a 34 year career was responsible for ensuring the safety of numerous NASA missions including Mercury spaceflights, Apollo missions, the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. In a statement released on his website McClelland revealed that he witnessed an eight to nine foot tall extraterrestrial in association with a Space Shuttle mission he was monitoring from the Kennedy Space Center."
So obviously, one of the writers (or Carter himself) read this statement and decided to base an episode on him, right? Except he didn't release this info until July 2008. And to top it all off, this guy was responsible for the safety of the Columbia mission, and there are pictures on the web of him sitting in the cockpit of the doomed ship."
There is very little comment on this anywhere on The Web- they sure buried it in a below average episode.
Thank you,Fstop,for the additional information about Clark McClelland- Did he also step out of a hospital window like Admiral James Forestal?
As recorded in the New York Times (February 28th 1960) by Admiral Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter;
(Born May 8 1897 - Died June 18 1982)
He was the third director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, serving from May 1, 1947 to October 7, 1950.
"Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs., but through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense."
"The U.S. Air Force has constantly misled the public about UFO's. I urge congressional action to reduce the danger from secrecy."
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