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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Not that again... There's nothing wrong with the laws of physics being used to turn/reverse the thrust. Never mind whether you can explain it or not, it is an integral part of today's aerospace technology. Why wouldn't it be part of tomorrow's? (Barring unforeseeable practical limitations, that is. Somebody from the 19th century would undoubtedly wonder why all the world's shipping hasn't moved to balloons and airships, or why we still aren't building cannon big enough to deliver payloads to the Moon... Perhaps thrust reversing, although entirely possible, isn't the best possible method from the 24th century point of view.) That said, the impulse engines of most starships aren't ideally placed for maneuvering that would obey the laws of physics. It seems wholly plausible that some other, Trek-specific technologies are being used in addition to simple impulse thrust. For example, asymmetric subspace fields or artificial gravity or those nifty mass reduction gadgets would all be fine maneuvering tools... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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