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Originally Posted by executioneer
and how exactly is a star trek impulse engine NOT a type of inertial propulsion drive
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The impulse engine is a work of fiction created by Gene Roddenberry. Intertial propulsion is a concept that has basis in scientific fact and was being discussed in peer-reviewed journals as early as the mid 1990's (and probably earlier than that). This from a confirmed Trekkie.
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Originally Posted by elx
what did you mean by 'work on it'?
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See above. It's just what a young, wide-eyed, idealistic physicist-in-training should be fascinated by. (and no, it doesn't 'defy the laws of physics'.)
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Originally Posted by elx
and no, i'm not 17 yet.
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