Warp Speed... well... not if you want to live...

Thats what shields are for.

More power to the forward shields!

 

...and tell the helmsman to put away his communicator while he's on duty.

 

In the 1800's some scientists believed Man could not survive speeds over 60mph.

In the 1950's some scientists believed Man could not survive the radiation in the Van Allen Belts.

Warp Speed didn't kill the Vulcans, it probably won't kill us.

 

Never mind that. I just want a Transporter in my house to instantly Beam Over to one of my Friends With Bennies, or vice versa. I also want a Replicator to instantly whip up exotic yet potent drinks, to help put them In The Mood

 

Yup. But not because of loose atoms in the way. Acceleration is the real killer. Attaining Warp 1 (not quite a billion FPS) in the few seconds usually portrayed would flatten the starship and its occupants thinner than a Palin grievance.

Then again, I suppose the same science that can fling a starship and its crew from a dead stop to Warp 9 without mussing a single hair could also make a damaged starship develop a list to starboard in three dimensional space, as has happened countless times to countless starships in cinemaland.

 

No. Inertial damping solves the acceleration danger.

 

That's so 1990s. It's so much moor efficient to beam the ethanol directly into the brain.

 

True enough

 

And don't start that Transporters can not possibly work because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, thats why they came up with Heisenberg compensators!

 

It's pointless to have this discussion now - we're just going to have to revamp our understanding of the Universe once subspace is discovered anyways.