Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie From: bernie@watarts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: YASTF (Yet Another Star Trek Flaw) Message-ID: <1944@watarts.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 12:40:15 EDT Article-I.D.: watarts.1944 Posted: Thu Jul 14 12:40:15 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 00:32:11 EDT References: rocheste.2111 Lines: 9 The phaser beam travelling at "one foot per nanosecond" makes sense; that's approximately the speed of light in a vacuum. If it were one foot per *millisecond* as the original poster suggested, then it would take one million times as long for the beam to reach the Klingon ship (for example). Over even interplanetary distances this can be signifi- cant; in particular, it would make it possible for them to detect the beam using their sensors and easily dodge it. --Bernie Roehl ...decvax!watmath!watarts!bernie