Message-ID: <721@houxz.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 10:13:49 EST
Article-I.D.: houxz.721
Posted: Fri Mar 30 10:13:49 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 31-Mar-84 07:25:23 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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 >  It is easily conceivable that such a force shield must originate from some   <
 >  power-generating place (the moon) and be projected to the thing it protects. <
 >  Trying to put the generating station on the Death Star would be like sitting <
 >  in a car and pushing on the dashboard -- you don't go anywhere.              <

I don't recall the starship Enterprise ever having to drag a planet
everywhere they go in order to use their deflector shields...

				SJBerry