From: utzoo!decvax!aps Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: Re: Spock"s casket Article-I.D.: decvax.282 Posted: Fri Sep 10 14:45:50 1982 Received: Sat Sep 11 01:47:55 1982 References: ixn5c.271 I did not see the casket opening. I did notice with surprise that it was amazingly unscathed for something entering through some form of atmosphere and then impacting on the surface. It stuck me when I first saw the movie (I have seen it twice (20 for SW)) that they would not have wasted the footage on the casket if they didn't intend on "following up" in a later movie. At any rate, I suspect that Spock's casket could have some been effected by the last phases of the Genesis effect that was caused by Kahn's suicide. aps.