The Science of Star Trek
A very cool article descibing what is possible and what isn’t possible in Star Trek:
So, what are the features of Star Trek that a person interested in science can enjoy without guilt, and what features rightly tick off those persnickety critics? Well, many of the star systems mentioned on the show, such as Wolf 359, really do exist. Usually, though, the writers just make them up! There have also been some beautiful special effects pictures of binary stars and solar flares which were astronomically accurate and instructive. The best accuracy and worst stumbles can be found among the features of the show that have becom e constant through all of the episodes. Here’s a list of the standard Star Trek features, roughly in order of increasing scientific incredibility:
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