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From: lethin@yale.ARPA (Richard A. Lethin)
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Subject: Re: I 'tink I'm going to be spacesick
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Date: Sat, 27-Apr-85 00:34:28 EDT
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>If you look at the viewscreen on the bridge, the planet is always turning
>underneath the ship. The filler shots during the log entries, etc. show the
>ship moving across the face of the planet with the saucer perpendicular to
>the ground.
>
>If the latter is the case, then the planet should show up on the left side
>or even the top of the viewscreen. I have trouble believing that the screen
>is "corrected" as this would be very disorienting to people on the bridge.
>
>Does anyone care to even try to explain this one?
>
>Name:          John Ruschmeyer

If I recall my "blueprint" correctly, doesn't the bridge face not forward, but
rather at some angle.  This seems to imply that the viewscreen IS corrected.

However, this implies another inconsistency.  Shouldn't the crew lean to the
side as the ship accelerates to warp 10, rather than back into their chairs?
(... assuming that warp acceleration is like real acceleration!)

--
Rich Lethin
...decvax!yale!lethin