From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!eisx!whuxlb!eric Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: Re: Re: Physics gaffes - (nf) Article-I.D.: whuxlb.984 Posted: Sun Feb 6 16:44:51 1983 Received: Mon Feb 7 03:56:34 1983 #R:hou5f:-19700:whuxlb:7100003:000:708 whuxlb!eric Feb 6 15:45:00 1983 ***** whuxlb:net.startrek / hou5f!jak / 10:45 am Jan 27, 1983 Transporting may or may not be line-of-sight but it has, on many occasions, been through objects: alien spacecrafts, inside buildings or jail cells, and even underground if I remember correctly. Jim ---------- So what?? Transporting, as described in one of the books i read, as being a separation, then beaming, of the individual atoms. Now, given that most substances have a good deal of space between the atoms, couldn't a VERY high velocity stream make it to its destination?? Transporting takes ALOT of energy. Besides, they go throught the wall of the transporter chamber every time, don't they?? Eric Holtman harpo!whuxlb!eric