Twenty years ago my friends and I decided that a transporter takes you apart - i.e. kills you - and puts the meat you occupy back together. But it would be lifeless.
The only way such a thing could really work is if it was some sort of interdimentional gateway that you pass through, with your atoms unmolested.
I’d probably still hold my breath, though. :)
Ever heard of quantum teleportation?
Well, sure - the shuttle probably ran on some type of fuel, expensive to store and transport.
The Transporter seemed to use much less energy, probably just the excess from the Dilithium crystal's used as power for the starship itself.
The only drawback was being limited to six people at a time.
Magic, Duh.
Shut up Spock or I’ll beam you up without your < deleted >.
its a tv show
My problem with TNG was that they made up stupid technobabble to solve every problem. "I reconfigured the main deflector dish to emit a pulse of deus ex machina particles and that solved the problem" over and over and over. So you discount that and you are left with a little morality play where Starfleet shows that they are better people than the ones they are helping. Cool, lots of people love it the best of all Star Trek. I'm just an old fashioned sixties-Trek kinda guy, where you talked your enemies into committing suicide rather than bombarding them with non-lethal mystery particles that cause them to peaceably resolve their disagreements.
It’s fiction. It requires some suspension of disbelief.
The transporter is nothing more than a dramatic convenience.
It is best you not think too hard while watching these shows. Just be entertained or sometimes irritated.
If they could do the transport, they could do about anything. BTW, why didn’t they carry a few spare dilithium crystals?
Repeat to yourself, it’s just a show, I really should relax.
The whole show was BS, but entertaining nonetheless, which is why it was watched by a large swath of people.
Same problems they had in THE FLY?(1958) In the book, the lost cat, fly and man were recombined into a monstrous creature.
Cheesy Plot Device or Deus ex Machina
You decide
I read the article, and an answer (at least according to Trek lore) is in place for two of the problems posed.
Power: According to the article, the power in a three-mile long lightning bolt would be enough to dis-assemble a human. The warp core, with its matter/anti-matter technology, would have the power and much more to spare. Powering a warp drive takes incredible amounts of energy, provided constantly, for long periods of time..Not to mention powering all the necessary systems of a starship. In the Trek universe, the matter/anti-matter system fills the bill. Doesn’t exist, yet..but maybe one day.
Computational power: The article said that the power and speed of computation necessary would be astronomical to map, dis-assemble, and re-assemble a human. Based off what’s available to Starfleet in the 23rd and 24th centuries, they get around that with tech that (obviously) hasn’t been invented yet. According to Trek sources, one of the things they do to boost computer speed is to surround the computer core in a subspace field. Since atoms move faster-than-light in subspace (hence warp speed), that allows the computer to make computations at ‘warp speed’.
I know it’s all conjecture anyway, but that’s my .02 cents.
I read the article, and an answer (at least according to Trek lore) is in place for two of the problems posed.
Power: According to the article, the power in a three-mile long lightning bolt would be enough to dis-assemble a human. The warp core, with its matter/anti-matter technology, would have the power and much more to spare. Powering a warp drive takes incredible amounts of energy, provided constantly, for long periods of time..Not to mention powering all the necessary systems of a starship. In the Trek universe, the matter/anti-matter system fills the bill. Doesn’t exist, yet..but maybe one day.
Computational power: The article said that the power and speed of computation necessary would be astronomical to map, dis-assemble, and re-assemble a human. Based off what’s available to Starfleet in the 23rd and 24th centuries, they get around that with tech that (obviously) hasn’t been invented yet. According to Trek sources, one of the things they do to boost computer speed is to surround the computer core in a subspace field. Since atoms move faster-than-light in subspace (hence warp speed), that allows the computer to make computations at ‘warp speed’.
I know it’s all conjecture anyway, but that’s my .02 cents.
Star trek, smar flec
go expanse
My main problem with Star Trek started when I figured out that Star Fleet was some sort of totalitarian military dictatorship, spanning many planets.
Star Wars Jedi were also a bit on the Warlike-Space-Imans-control-the-government scale.
In the words of the Great Philosopher:
“If you’re wondering how he eats and breathes
and other science facts
Just repeat to yourself: “It’s just a show,
I should really just relax...
...for Mystery Science Theater 3000.”
Although the shuttles on the original Battlestar Galactica were used effectively as plot devices.
A military space battleship or a cruise starship with a bar run by Whoopi, two very different versions of the future...