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- From: khanna@rvgs.vak12ed.edu (Kevin Hanna)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Star Trek Realism
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.050224.28461@rvgs.vak12ed.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 05:02:24 GMT
- References: <1992Jul27.165309.106551@cs.cmu.edu>
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- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Roanoke)
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- 18084TM@msu.edu writes:
- > As long as we're on the Star-Trek vs. reality thread, here's a question
- > that used to come up before my housemate Doug said "Shut up and just watch
- > the show!": When the ship is streaming through space, stars moving past
- > at several per second, how is it that the ship is steadily lit from one
- > side? What is the source for this light?
-
- The light comes from the Enterprise's running lights reflecting
- off the hull of the observer's ship. Geez! :-)
-
- kevin
- khanna@rvgs.vak12ed.edu
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- Kevin Hanna | "After a time, you may find that having is not so
- khanna@rvgs.vak12ed.edu | pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not
- logical, but it is often true." Spock to Stonn
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