Well then, until we can go to other planets, it will have to
wait. Wait, Catch 22, no warp drive, can't get there to get
warp drive.



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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| LOL
|
| BTW, matter transmission as done on StarTrek can NEVER
| happen and just because of the Heisenberg (sp) effect.
| Einstein's equation works both ways, E=MC^2 means that
to
| create matter with a weight equal to a person would
require
| the energy of several thousand atomic bombs, under full
| control and without destruction of the mechanism.
|
| The only reason it works on Star Trek is because of the
discovery of
| controlled matter-antimatter reactions. In the early days
it was
| difficult and dangerous, but dilithium crystals found on
other planets
| made control of the reaction much easier. The transporter
was
| impossible without the crystals, as was related
technology, including
| the communicators. The communicators did not use radio
waves as we know
| them, but were really miniature transporters that moved
data. The
| phasers, including the hand weapons, also used this
technology.
| Everything in Star Trek, from the spacecraft engines to
shields,
| cloaking devices, communicators, the Tricorder and Dr.
McCoy's
| examination pen were all variants of the same fundamental
device. Even
| the Holodeck is dependent on it.
|