Why do people make comments about the U.S.S. Enterprise not being aerodynamic? That's irrelevant in space... there's no air.
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A congressman once asked a scientist in front of a panel when does the atmosphere come back? The scientist wasn't quite sure what he meant until the congressman explained that as you get higher the air goes away but still higher and it comes back. Read this book for more information: http://www.amazon.com/Project-Orion-Story-Atomic-Spaceship/dp/0805059857
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That's a new one. Who said that?
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There may be no air, but there is matter. And at warp speeds this matter could become relevant to movement as air does at greater speeds here on earth. However, I do believe the navigational shields compensate for this.
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oh.. I've never heard complaints about Enterprise not being aerodynamic.. and although there may be no "air" in space, vacuum is far from empty, as we can often ee from the buffeting the Enterprise takes at high speed. My problem with the enterprise design is that the thrust line appears to be way off centre... and she should tumble through space uncontrollably.. the only way out of that that I can see is if the warp nacelles somehow get a solid grip on the fabric of the space time continuum and use that to move the ship bodily through it.
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Part of my job a long time ago was observing the delivery of a 400 ton steel pressure tank by railroad. Coincidentally the local newspaper thought it was newsworthy and had a reporter there. The reporter was standing next to me the whole time. When I read the printed report, any resemblance to the actual event was coincidental.
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