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Subject: Asimov/Trekkie fans, (myself included) -- an interesting
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Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 12:15:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  3 12:15:00 1984
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From:  "Stephen R. Balzac" 


    Which brings up my question: In "Tomorrow is Yesterday" they spotted
    the Enterprise on radar because it was flying low.  Supposedly,
    "Assignment: Earth" was supposed to take place in the early 70s (ie,
    near future) where they would have improved space tracking
    facilities.  Why didn't anyone notice the lumbering starship up
    among the heavens?


In "Tomorrow is Yesterday", they were able to spot the Enterprise with
radar because the deflectors were not working.  In "Assignment: Earth"
they were, and were thus able to hide from such primitive devices as
radar.