In sci.physics, Raziel

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on Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:53:15 -0700
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"The Ghost In The Machine" wrote in
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[snip for brevity -- discussing _Star Trek: Generations_]

Even were the missiles equipped with a warp drive motor
to somehow get the Sun to shrink instantly once launched,
it would still take about 8 minutes to see the effect. Nor
is it clear that merely shrinking the Sun would reduce
or increase its gravitational pull on that weirdish "thread"
(I can't think of the actual name right now, but it involved
Whoopi Goldberg :-) ), as the mass is the same.

This is a not-so-subtle point that was apparently lost
on the screenwriters. :-)

yes, their "physics" advisers often blow it. I remember a TNG episode where
they reported the average temperature of a planet as -300 Celcius. I
thought that was rather interesting.

This must have been the Extra Cold Universe Option. :-)


Raz


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