WI:No Star Trek

Curtiss wouldn't have had to try to circumvent them. At best the issue is conflicted.

Hard to see Curtiss interplane ailerons being the same as a wing warp to a patent court, anywhere. Same for Farman trailing edge designs.

And the Wrights were dicks,
[FONT=arial,helvetica] French flier Louis Paulhan had his airplanes he wanted to fly in the USA impounded at first due to possessing Ailerons in 1910

Orville wanted 20% Royalties on any craft with Roll Control.

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IIRC the rules for recognizing something as "powered, manned, controlled, heavier than air flight" meant that the aircraft could NOT be assisted into the air. Even by some form of ramp.

In fact, IIRC one claim of powered, manned controlled heavier than air flight has been disqualified because the vehicle was launched from a downward angled ramp which presumably helped it pick up speed.
 
Hard to see Curtiss interplane ailerons being the same as a wing warp to a patent court, anywhere. Same for Farman trailing edge designs.
Yeah, but they patented the idea of ailerons too, even though they technically had no right to it.
 
Probably the most salient point here is that given the American and Soviet Space programs, and the social and political push behind them, it's almost certain that there would have been some sort of space based television program.

What's nowhere near certain is whether it would have lasted long enough for a syndication deal or any kind of long term history.
 
DValdron said:
it's almost certain that there would have been some sort of space based television program.
That's something I've never been certain of. The interest in SF was strongest (AFAIK) when there was no space program at all. Does the Space Race encourage interest, or offer competition?
 
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