The Galileo Seven The Galileo Seven "The "Galileo" Seven" is the sixteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series, "". Written by Oliver Crawford and directed by Robert Gist, it first aired on January 5, 1967. In the episode First Officer Spock leads a scientific team from the "Enterprise" aboard the shuttlecraft "Galileo" on an ill-fated mission. Inspired by the film "Five Came Back", it featured the debut of the shuttlecraft. On stardate 2821.5, the Federation starship USS "Enterprise", under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, is en route to Makus III to deliver medical supplies destined for the
The Last Starship from Earth a rigorously consistent internal logic that doesn't really become apparent until the very last chapter." The Last Starship from Earth The Last Starship from Earth is a 1968 science fiction novel by John Boyd, and is his best known novel. The novel is set in a dystopian society in the very near future. Although it is not obvious at first, this is also an alternate history story. The central character is Haldane IV, a mathematician, in a caste-based society. He forms a forbidden relationship with Helix, a poet. He also becomes interested in investigating Fairweather, a famous mathematician who lived