Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!mit-eddie!barmar From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Enterprise Gravity Message-ID: <5022@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 03:52:15 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.5022 Posted: Sun Aug 18 03:52:15 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 21:15:12 EDT References: <2672@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) Distribution: net Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 18 Well, I am not going to speculate on how the artificial gravity works. However, the film Enterprise (as opposed to the TV show ship) seems to have provision for loss of gravity. The seats have armrests that can fold down to hold the person to the chair. This acts like a safety belt during turbulence or battle, but it seems to me that it would also hold one to one's seat when in 0-g. The former purpose is demonstrated at some point in Star Trek: The Motionless Picture. I remember that the publicity about the redesign of the Enterprise for the films made a big deal about this safety feature, as many fans had commented that it was silly that bridge personnel always got thrown out of their seats during the crucial moments of a battle. I think they forgot about this feature when they made the other ST films, as people got thrown left and right just as in the TV series. -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar