ST: TOS: Where No Man Has Gone Before

My first thoughts after hearing Kirk ask "Did another earth ship probe out the galaxy as we intend to do?":  Wouldn't they know this already?  I mean, it's only been 200 years.  Has there been some breakdown of recorded history?  Is it that easy to forget in the future?

I do love these episodes where the ship is on the edge of the galaxy where they are light years away from any help.  That always seems to be where the most action happens.  I wasn't too thrilled with the actual plot of the episode though.  Yet another supernatural encounter.

I was surprised with the flagrant loss of life that has happened so early on in the series.  When compared with later series (TNG, VOY), the loss of crew seems to be a way of life.  I couldn't imagine if this rate of loss happened on Voyager.  By the time they finally returned to the Alpha quadrant, they probably would have ended only with 7 of 9 and the Doctor.