The term Mother Earth is used Using because it `` reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings , other living species and the planet we all inhabit '' .

The name `` Saomai '' was submitted Submitting_documents by Vietnam , and is from the Vietnamese word for `` morning star '' ( `` sao Mai '' ) , a reference to the planet Venus .

Geldof states Statement , `` We took Conquering an issue that was nowhere on the political agenda and , through the `` lingua franca '' of the planet – which is not English but rock ' n ' roll – we were able to address the intellectual absurdity and the moral repulsion of people dying of want in a world of surplus . ''

The primary setting Placing of much of the series is aboard the fictional Starfleet-controlled space station Deep Space Nine , located adjacent to the mouth of a stable Placing wormhole near the planet Bajor .