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Date: 2022-06-20 06:38 pm (UTC)Rockets are just cooler looking than any "reactionless drive" (rocket equation be damned.)
On the topic of the Blish novelizations, I find it curious that they came out concurrently with the show and were often based on working scripts rather than the finished episodes, so there were often substantial differences beyond Blish using his imagination to flesh out details. The story titles also varied from the episode titles (I like "The Unreal McCoy" better than the show's "The Man Trap.") [1]
[1] https://flashbak.com/chilling-journey-worlds-beyond-imagination-remembering-james-blishs-star-trek-books-50994/