Somebody wasted entirely too much glue on that interior seam. Scotty is going to pitch a fit!
Dammit, he’s a prop man, not a woodworker!
It is fiberglass resin, not just “glue”. That is what resin does, one minute it is a non viscus liquid, then it cures in quick time to a solid. It does not dry like glue.
That is not wasted glue.
Those are the di-lithium crystals.