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bulldogtrekker Space Sector Admiral
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:24 pm Post subject: Why Don't Star Trek's Spaceships Have Seat Belts? |
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Why Don't Star Trek's Spaceships Have Seat Belts?
by Ria Misra
It would seem like a simple enough idea: If you're cruising along at warp speed through an unknown quadrant of space, it might not be such a bad idea to buckle up. So why didn't Starfleet equip their ships with seat belts? Did they simply not need them, or is the actual explanation much more sinister?
In response to this post on the most stunningly-obvious design flaws aboard the USS Enterprise, a debate began over the role of seat belts on Star Trek. Why didn't we see them? Was the explanation perhaps that a superior technology had taken their place, or was there something else going on?........
........What do you think? Was the absence of seat belts down to the superior tech of inertia dampening, or do you think Starfleet was merely slow to get behind the issue of workplace safety?
YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b8jsrDl89M#t=165
LINK:
http://io9.com/why-dont-star-treks-spaceships-have-seat-belts-1678343489
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Krel Guest
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: Why Don't Star Trek's Spaceships Have Seat Belts? |
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bulldogtrekker wrote: | Why Don't Star Trek's Spaceships Have Seat Belts?
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Well it is obvious. If they had seat belts, then they wouldn't be able to fall out of their chairs at dramatically appropriate times.
Besides, their chairs swivel. Can you image being strapped into one of those during violent maneuvers? You'd be like a rag doll in a Pit Bulls mouth!
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orzel-w Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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If they can control gravity to keep people on deck, they oughta be able to keep people in their chairs. Come to think of it, why didn't they ever disable intruders by selectively increasing the gravity on whatever decks the intruders were occupying? Or did the intruders always take over the gravity controls as well? _________________ ...or not...
WayneO
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Pye-Rate Starship Co-Pilot
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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I would have used an inertial damping field. In which case you sit safe and sound while everything gets blown apart around you.
In the I had swivel chairs with seatbelts.
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orzel-w Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, that's probably the preferred method. A gravitational solution would likely end up pulling all your organs and blood down to your butt. _________________ ...or not...
WayneO
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Robert (Butch) Day Galactic Ambassador
Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1437 Location: Arlington, WA USA
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Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:51 am Post subject: |
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orzel-w wrote: | ... A gravitational solution would likely end up pulling all your organs and blood down to your butt. |
Or force evolution. The 'g' field we (and all other land animals) evolved in determined just where each organ ended up by that organ's specific gravity. _________________ Common Sense ISN'T Common |
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