[chator]

I discovered a cool website which explains how Trek propulsion systems are somewhat science based.

Warp Drive-http://www.itsf.org/brochure/warp.html

Anti-matter-http://www.itsf.org/brochure/fusion.html

Impulse Drive-http://www.itsf.org/brochure/fusion.html

[JoeFromEarth]

Awesome, am bookmarking this thread.

[Zardoz]

Cool info!

[FanWriter45]

There's also the "Atomic Rockets" web site, which is a great resource for aspiring SF authors who want to get the science right for their space operas.

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html

[Samuel]

More important than any propulsion drive is the plot drive. Better to get the story right before getting the science right.

Otherwise it is just a boring story that is technically accurate. Kind of like science books.

[martok2112]

And all of it, thanks to a hamster/gerbil at the engineering core.

[jerhanner]

So there is such a thing as a tesseract, eh?

[chator]

Originally Posted by martok2112

And all of it, thanks to a hamster/gerbil at the engineering core.

You only find that in NuTrek, where Keenser's flatus powers the warp-core.

[Big D]

Originally Posted by chator

You only find that in NuTrek, where Keenser's flatus powers the warp-core.

No, it's part of holy, undeniable Next Generation canon. It's right there on the monitor in main engineering; it's usually covered on-screen, but apparently they slipped up a couple of times.

[wade8069]

Thanks for sharing. BUMP.