6 Feb
2001
6 Feb
'01
9:42 a.m.
Mistral said:
And it's puzzled me when they've said it - flipping switches at random is begging for something to go wrong. These people didn't even have electricity; why wouldn't they view something as complex as a rocket launching with awe?
I wouldn't be surprised if this were Mission Control #2--#1 went up spectacularly when an experimental scientist triggered the booby traps. However, in a sense the canonical crew is a kind of cargo cult--they go on worshiping their technology even though it fails over and over again. (Don't get me started on teleport bracelets....)
-(Y)