If I stand up on a moving bus, the inertia makes me stagger back. Going from stationary to warp speed should leave them as uniformed puddles on the back of the wall, surely?
2006-11-30 01:54:02 · 20 answers · asked by mrfrosty 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
They should of course.
The Starship Enterprise (according to its technical manual which I read as a teenager) has 'inertial dampers' and 'Heisenberg compensators' that compensate for the acceleration in the same way that they produce the artificial gravity on the ship.
When the creators of Star Trek were asked how these work they replied "Very well, thank you."
According to the manual these have a 'characteristic lag' which is why the actors get tossed about a bit when the ship colides with something or takes a hit from a weapon.
2006-11-30 04:44:16 · answer #1 · answered by SmartBlonde 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Star Trek has always featured the "what- if hypothesis" The answers are not available but based on what is known with some extrapolation, it should be possible. There are two systems in play. The propulsion of the craft and the stabilization of the environment within the craft. I see that possible by manipulation of gravity. After all, it would just be refining flight as we know it now. If we can think it, we are closer to the solution. I have always been intrigued by wormholes relative to time.
2016-05-23 04:50:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
And how can you go faster than the speed of light? And how do they make the artificial gravity work? And how can you transport perople by dissolving their molecules?
Thre are a lot of questions about the science of Star trek.
2006-11-30 01:57:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
E=MC 2
Einstien's special theory on relativity shows that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, even second rate actors in plastic tv sets.
2006-11-30 02:10:36 · answer #4 · answered by Corneilius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they have inertial dampners which push them forward with the same force that pushes them back when they go into warp
2006-11-30 02:07:54 · answer #5 · answered by thad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, like the rest of the ship, they are in the warped region of space and experience no acceleration. Simple, really. :-)
2006-11-30 02:05:15 · answer #6 · answered by Martin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their cabins are internal bubbles of ectoplasmic stasis fields that hold them stable during warp drive acceleration.
2006-11-30 01:55:46 · answer #7 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ship does not move. It merely cause space-time to "warp".
2006-11-30 02:06:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, and where do they get the gravity? And the air to breathe? And why do all the aliens they encounter speak English?
2006-11-30 02:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. They have 'inertial dampers'
2. It's Television, you know, make believe
2006-11-30 01:56:16 · answer #10 · answered by mark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋