This looks very similar to the sulfur plasma light used at the National Air and Space Museum, just updated and scaled down. It used a magnetron to excite sulfur in a ball that had to be continuously rotated--no electrodes, 6000K, full spectrum. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_lamp.
yea, you're right. TOS had humor (Mudd, Tribbles, Gary Seven), surprises(Son worshippers not Sun worshippers, running gags (I a dr, not a...; He's dead, Jim.), social commentary(black/white guy), better music to support the action. TNG was awful in the first season, but got much better, DS9 and Voyager had most of the attributes of TOS, but Enterprise, even though it *has* gotten better, still lacks hugh parts of the formula. They are out saving the universe when they should be making mistakes, going oh-wow!, discovering strange new worlds etc.
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This looks very similar to the sulfur plasma light used at the National Air and Space Museum, just updated and scaled down. It used a magnetron to excite sulfur in a ball that had to be continuously rotated--no electrodes, 6000K, full spectrum. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_lamp.
yea, you're right. TOS had humor (Mudd, Tribbles, Gary Seven), surprises(Son worshippers not Sun worshippers, running gags (I a dr, not a ...; He's dead, Jim.), social commentary(black/white guy), better music to support the action. TNG was awful in the first season, but got much better, DS9 and Voyager had most of the attributes of TOS, but Enterprise, even though it *has* gotten better, still lacks hugh parts of the formula. They are out saving the universe when they should be making mistakes, going oh-wow!, discovering strange new worlds etc.