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Yeah, it's the same thing with the original PLANET OF THE APES movies. The astronauts wear uniforms with patches that have ASNA instead of NASA on them. It's only because the producers didn't want to pay to license the NASA logo.
It was ANSA. 
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Mar 31, 2018 - 2:20 PM
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Was the Moon Base turbo lift in Space 1999 a real thing or a miniature?
Short answer: miniature.
http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/models/w2mtraveltube.html
I don't recall seeing any elevators in Moonbase Alpha, with the exception of the launch pads. So I assume you are referring to the "travel unit" tubes. These travel units suffer the same reality check as the Eagles themselves, or the Jupiter 2 from Lost in Space. That is, the external dimensions and proportions cannot be made to dovetail with the interiors seen on-screen.
The exterior end-caps of the travel unit show very distinctive door detail, yet the interior set does not have any doors there. The set shows a door in the middle of the longer "side" of the unit which the miniature does not have. In fact, if those end doors slide open, as all other doors on Alpha, then there is no "pocket space" within the design for them to retract into.
Lastly, the proportions of the cylinder would make a very pronounced curve to the door when "docked." Although the set builders gave the interior credibly thick walls, they do not show the needed geometry. The door frame on the unit and hallway show straight verticals.
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Mar 31, 2018 - 7:01 PM
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Solium
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Was the Moon Base turbo lift in Space 1999 a real thing or a miniature?
Short answer: miniature.
http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/models/w2mtraveltube.html
I don't recall seeing any elevators in Moonbase Alpha, with the exception of the launch pads. So I assume you are referring to the "travel unit" tubes. These travel units suffer the same reality check as the Eagles themselves, or the Jupiter 2 from Lost in Space. That is, the external dimensions and proportions cannot be made to dovetail with the interiors seen on-screen.
The exterior end-caps of the travel unit show very distinctive door detail, yet the interior set does not have any doors there. The set shows a door in the middle of the longer "side" of the unit which the miniature does not have. In fact, if those end doors slide open, as all other doors on Alpha, then there is no "pocket space" within the design for them to retract into.
Lastly, the proportions of the cylinder would make a very pronounced curve to the door when "docked." Although the set builders gave the interior credibly thick walls, they do not show the needed geometry. The door frame on the unit and hallway show straight verticals.
Yes, I meant the "travel unit" tubes. And awesome thanks! The miniature work is amazing. It really looks like a real thing, even to this day.
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Crossing the T when ships only had guns at the side...worked.
Not the best tactic against forward-facing weapons!!
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Jan 30, 2020 - 8:03 AM
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jackfu
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Crossing the T when ships only had guns at the side...worked.
Not the best tactic against forward-facing weapons!!
Point well taken, since with the advent of gun turrets that were able to rotate it might have diminished the tactic somewhat, but remember, Cape Esperance and Surigao did happen in WWII, so there was still the possibility.
Even with rotating turrets, if the enemy's ships are in a straight line, it does minimize their ability to train all their guns, with the angle of fire increasing and lessening the effectiveness of ships that are farther away from the front of the line.
Yet, the T top, if you will can use virtually all of their guns (image from Wiki):
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