From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!hou5d!hou5a!hou5e!mat Newsgroups: net.startrek Title: Re: The reason for mistakes Article-I.D.: hou5e.232 Posted: Sun Feb 20 19:39:29 1983 Received: Mon Feb 21 04:47:18 1983 References: mitccc.359 Regarding the pod eject ... here is ONE way it could have been done. As the Enterprise moves into the storm, the storm changes, and the ship is suddenly thrown about in typical ST fashion. This time, Kirk is thrown out, and he ends up as the person closest to the panel with the EJECT control ... while the person who should have been there was across the bridge. Still not perfect, but in hindsight it is an improvement.