From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!sdcvax!trw-unix!prudence
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Title: Why doesn't the Enterprise tumble?
Article-I.D.: trw-unix.73
Posted: Wed Apr  6 10:32:30 1983
Received: Thu Apr  7 04:41:58 1983

Something has been bothering me for a while, and maybe some of the trekkies
can help me out.  The warp drives on the Enterprise are obviously providing
force along a vector that does not intersect the center of gravity of the
ship.  As we learned from the TDRS, this causes the craft to tumble.  So,
how can Kirk go where no man has gone before if he's rolling around like
a released balloon?
                                  Thanks in advance
                                  Charles Prudence
                                  {!decvax or !ucbvax}!trw-unix!prudence