Just saw the motion picture again and was wondering something. When they engaged impulse and had the rear departure has any calculated how fast they were going based on the shrinking of the earth?
Second question is when they enter the worm whole the seat had these arm control panel that went over the lap and acted almost as seat belt, did they still have those in the later movies?
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Yes, through the first four TOS movies they are seen on all Starfleet vessels. They weren't shown used as "seatbelts" much though.dragon wrote: Second question is when they enter the worm whole the seat had these arm control panel that went over the lap and acted almost as seat belt, did they still have those in the later movies?
This should probably be moved to pure Trek.
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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence...Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." - Calvin Coolidge
"If you're falling off a cliff you may as well try to fly, you've got nothing to lose." - John Sheridan (Babylon 5)
"Sometimes you got to roll the hard six." - William Adama (Battlestar Galactica)
Re: star trek motion picture
http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Impulsedragon wrote:Just saw the motion picture again and was wondering something. When they engaged impulse and had the rear departure has any calculated how fast they were going based on the shrinking of the earth?
Doesn't answer your specific question but it does answer how fast the Enterprise was going in that scene.
