[CrazyIvan]

Star Treck was pathetic. I remember trying to explain to a Trecky why why the Enterprise was a bad design. I gave up trying to convince him that inertia still existed without gravity.

[Lazamataz]

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.

[Bryanw92]

>>Star Treck was pathetic. I remember trying to explain to a Trecky why why the Enterprise was a bad design. I gave up trying to convince him that inertia still existed without gravity.

He was a very lame Trekkie. “Mr Scott’s Guide To The Enterprise” explains exactly why that design works. If the warp field was real, the shape of the Enterprise is the most efficient shape possible. (Yeah, its all fiction...I’m just pointing out that your Trekkie friend was not very knowledgeable in his Trek lore.)

[fremont_steve]

Ivan - you are living up to your name. How do you know inertia exists within a Warp field? How do you know any of the physics that exists within a Warp field since it’s all a product of Rodenberry’s brain?

[chargers fan]

I gave up trying to convince him that inertia still existed without gravity.

Whenever I see a problem with science in a show I take the advice of Mystery Science Theater to "Repeat to yourself it's just a show I should really just relax."