Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2021

31 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2021 ASTRO PUBLISHING very topical issue, with numerous projects already sketched out by the mining industry. In the eighth episode, “A Question of Priorities”, a deserter alien reaches Earth (which is almost al- ways represented by Great Britain in UFO) and attempts to contact the SHADO command from the home of an old blind woman. Meanwhile, Straker is grappling with a family drama, an accident to his only child, born of a failed marriage, which will have a tragic ending. The ab- sence of a happy ending is recur- rent and this choice of the writers, combined with that of not exceed- ing the scenes of pure action, did not meet the tastes of a certain type of public, especially North American, who even in science fic- tion loves happy endings, fights and shootings. In short, Star Trek. In truth, the transmission of the UFO episodes initially had a favor- able response also in North Amer-