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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by HenryBemis on Friday April 06, 2018 @07:21AM (#16772376)
Hey, (almost) everyone on Star Trek speaks english, with an American accent (apart this perfect human being called Jean Luc Piccard!!)(or with slight Russian accent). Even the Ferenghi!

That should have made it clear for you :)

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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by ComputerGuru on Friday April 06, 2018 @08:17AM (#16772602)
They actually don’t. It’s explained in several TNG episodes as being a facade created by the “universal translator” plot device.
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by dragonwriter on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:20AM (#16772962)
> It’s explained in several TNG episodes

And TOS, for that matter.

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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by jcranmer on Friday April 06, 2018 @08:54AM (#16772800)
Actually, the accent is more Polish than Russian (or so I've heard).
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