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To: CrazyIvan
Well, inertia wouldn't matter during warp travel. It creates a bubble so it's like you are standing still. Impulse, however, would be a consideration, but it emits from the saucer section.

Gah, I am such a freakin nerd.

11 posted on 08/19/2012 4:14:18 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I love the Universe, and it loves me.)
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To: Lazamataz

Not to mention they used inertial dampening fields.


17 posted on 08/19/2012 4:16:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Lazamataz

Exactly. Any force not acting equally on all parts of the craft would cause terrific stress focused on the attaching points of the spindly struts between them. OMG! I’m turning into Sheldon Cooper!

P. S. I am honored to have received two replies from you since you became a celebrity.


26 posted on 08/19/2012 4:28:37 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: Lazamataz

Transporter works because of the invention of the Heisenberg compensator. And yes I’m ‘certain’.

And I’m not a nerd but I play one on TV


161 posted on 08/20/2012 4:25:54 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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