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She played Orli Elbaz on NCIS. El-Baz was the name of shuttlecraft...

posted 8 years ago by bh117-103-35553
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...number 05, the one most often used, on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Is that a coincidence or was it on purpose?

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[–] almostfm-1 8 years ago

It's probably just a coincidence.

But I do know the shuttlecraft was named for Dr. Farouk El-Baz, who was one of the geologists who worked with the Apollo crews.