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Once Upon a Time... Space

Once Upon a Time... Space is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Once Upon a Time... Space rather than just read about it. In short: Once Upon a Time... Space (French: Il était une fois… l'Espace) is a science fiction animated television series created and directed by Albert Barillé.

Key takeaways

Once Upon a Time... Space belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Once Upon a Time... Space to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Once Upon a Time... Space from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Once Upon a Time... Space (French: Il était une fois… l'Espace) is a science fiction animated television series created and directed by Albert Barillé. It is the second series in the Once Upon a Time... franchise. It reprises almost all of the characters from its predecessor, Once Upon a Time... Man, and adapts them into a science fiction futuristic context. The series was produced by French studio Procidis in co-production with France Régions (FR3, France), Société Radio-Canada (Canada), Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI, Italy), Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO, Netherlands), Televisión Española (TVE, Spain), Crustel (Argentina), and Eiken (Japan) who was the one who made the animation. The series premiered in France on FR3, between 2 October 1982 and 2 April 1983, and it was subsequently broadcast on the channels of the rest of the broadcasters that participated in the production dubbed into their own language. The show was animated in Japan by the animation studio Eiken, and is thus considered an anime as it also aired in Japan on Fuji Television, albeit not until 1984, under the title Galaxy Patrol PJ. In contrast to the show's success in the West, the series' Japanese broadcast was consigned to an early-morning time slot and attracted little attention, although it did gain a cult following in Japan in the following years. The Japanese dub for the anime never received a home release and only re-aired on AT-X during the summer of 2006.

Synopsis Unlike the rest of the Once Upon a Time... titles, Once Upon a Time... Space revolves around a fictional premise rather than an edutainment theme. The series still has a handful of educational information (such as an episode discussing the rings of the planet Saturn) but nowhere as prevalent as its predecessor Once Upon a Time... Man nor its successor Once Upon a Time... Life. The series succeeds Once Upon a Time... Man. It reprises almost all of the characters from the past series and adapts them into a science-fiction context. The story is about the confrontation between several galactic powers. Among them there is the Omega Confederation (of which Earth is a member), the military Republic of Cassiopeia (led by General The Pest) and a powerful supercomputer which controls an army of robots. A group of super powerful creatures called the Humanoids later appear in the series. The show follows the adventures of space police members Pierrot and Mercedes (aka Psi). Pierrot is the son of Colonel Pierre and President Pierrette. The series has a more egalitarian message than its predecessor as the supreme leader of the protagonists is a female President and Psi is a co-protagonist. The previous series instead focused on male protagonists. The scenarios of several episodes adapt elements of Greek mythology, other mythologies, and European legends. Among them are the Apple of Discord, Atlantis, David and Goliath, the Olympian Gods, and Prometheus. Other episodes deal with the existence of God, the relationship of man with modernity and machines, the limits of technology, comparisons between armed peace under the rule of a dictator and the difficulty of maintaining order in a democracy, higher spiritual beings encountered at the beginning and the end of the series etc. Some planets visited by the characters are replicas of the Earth at a specific era in its history, thus allowing some didactic interludes over the nature of these eras. The series contains little to no violence, the heroes mostly use non-lethal stun weapons in combat. The exception is the use of disintegrating laser beams against wild animals. The Earth does not play a central role in this series. The capital of the Confederation is on the planet Omega, far from Earth. The Confederation consists of multiple allied powers: Aldebaran, Auriga, Cassiopeia, Hydra, Scorpio, and Vega. The Confederation has a democratically elected government and a president.

Cast Colonel Pierre ... Roger Carel President Pierrette ... Annie Balestra Lieutenant/Captain Pierrot ... Vincent Ropion Psi (Mercedes) ... Annie Balestra Robotic equivalent of Maestro Métro ... Roger Carel Commander Jumbo ... Alain Dorval Petit Gros Grand Ordinateur Professor Maestro ... Roger Carel 20th century Maestro General The Pest ... Alain Dorval The Dwarf ... Roger Carel

Spacecraft The French illustrator Philippe Bouchet (better known as Manchu) worked on some of the spacecraft and set designs. Omega Confederation:

Flea Hummingbird Spider Dragonfly Blue bird Omega Cruiser Omega Shuttle Cosmopolitan Cassiopeia:

Nautilus Murene Battle cruiser Earth:

Ursus

Episodes

Characters The series features the following characters.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Once Upon a Time... Space

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Once Upon a Time... Space claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Once Upon a Time... Space before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Once Upon a Time... Space ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Once Upon a Time... Space

In research: Once Upon a Time... Space appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Once Upon a Time... Space in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Once Upon a Time... Space is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1980s French animated television series, 1982 French television series debuts, 1982 French television series endings, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Once Upon a Time... Space outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Once Upon a Time... Space in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Once Upon a Time... Space means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Once Upon a Time... Space out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Once Upon a Time... Space in simple terms?

Once Upon a Time... Space (French: Il était une fois… l'Espace) is a science fiction animated television series created and directed by Albert Barillé.

Why does Once Upon a Time... Space matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Once Upon a Time... Space?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Once Upon a Time... Space.