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Originally Posted by seneschal
So ... even if the Moonbase Alpha folks had managed to escape, they wouldn't have had an Earth, or at least not the one they knew, to return to?  |
That is actually mentioned by the newscaster in the last few minutes of the pilot episode, too. Specifically:
The totally unforeseen accident on the lunar surface has caused very serious repercussions here on Earth. The gravity disruption, the earthquakes in the United States along the San Andres fault, and in Yugoslavia, as well as Southern France, has caused enormous damage to life and property.
There are even a few times in the series where they even wonder if Earth was destroyed, although a latter episode confirms that it did.