STAR TREK

SOUND & VACUUMS

• The woman is sucked out into space, which is a vacuum
• Following the principle that sound can't travel in a vacuum...
• Her screams cannot be heard
• Physics in Scene 1 - CORRECT

HOLOGRAMS

• Holograms are made out of light
• Light is not solid
• Thus, the man should no be able to catch the object
• In other seasons, people continue touching holograms
• Physics in Scene 2 - INCORRECT

SPACE SHIP COLLISION

• The captain crashes the ship into the station
• The force of the sudden impact throws him forward
• Physics in Scene 3 - CORRECT

ASTRONAUTS & PRESSURE

• First, your body will swell, followed by possible burns
• One will then suffocate by hypoxia
• Nitrogen bubbles form in the bloodstream
• One's body cools, and finally blood will boil
• Physics in Scene 4 - CORRECT, but it won't occur that quickly

WARP JUMP

• The ship is at rest
• It suddenly goes into warp speed
• The sudden change in speed should have squished them
• Physics in Scene 5 - INCORRECT

BLACK HOLES

• Nothing except a star can create a black hole
• Black holes destroy matter equal to them
• Thus, a small drop shouldn't have destroyed a whole planet
• Also, there is nothing that can contain a black hole
• Physics in Scene 6 - INCORRECT

ACCELERATION & FREE FALL

• Sulu falls first, followed by Kirk
• Kirk keeps his body straight & pointed down
• This lessens his surface area and air resistance
• Thus, he manages to catch up to Sulu
• Physics in Scene 7 - CORRECT

ENERGY

• A yellow star goes into a destructive supernova
• A star needs a lot of mass & energy to do this
• Yellow stars do not meet those requirements
• Instead, they often just burn out w/out destroying anything
• Physics in Scene 8 - INCORRECT

WARP SPEED

• The Enterprise suddenly stops out of warp speed
• The crew doesn't move
• The sudden stop should have thrown them forward
• Physics in Scene 9 - INCORRECT

EXPLOSIONS

• Scotty says that the blast of one can push them away
• The force & impact of the blast propels them forward
• Physics in Scene 10 - CORRECT

WATER PRESSURE

• The Enterprise is 76.2 m high, and is fully submerged
• Kirk & Bones dive to the entrance of the ship, near the bottom
• While possible, they shoudl have experinced more side effects
• The deepest anyone has gone freediving w/out aids is 126 m
• Physics in Scene 11 - POSSIBLE

FORCE OF IMPACT

• The Enterprise is hit by phaser blasts
• The force of the impact throws the crew forward
• Physics in Scene 12 - CORRECT

VACUUMS & PRESSURE

• Holding your breath in a vacuum is a bad thing to do
• The air in your lungs will expand without air pressure
• Best thing to do is to exhale quickly
• Physics in Scene 13 - INCORRECT

VACUUMS & SOUND

• As the guy is sucked into space, his screams are heard
• This shouldn't happen, as space is a vacuum
• Sound cannot travel in a vacuum
• Physics in Scene 14 - INCORRECT

GRAVITY & FREE FALL

• Spock says that the internal gravity systems are failing
• However, as they fall, they do not experience zero-g
• The crew is crashing and rolling into things, and not floating
• Physics in Scene 15 - INCORRECT

GRAVITY

• The ship is dead in space, and quite far from Earth
• It suddenly starts getting pulled in by Earth's gravity
• It falls & gains speed very quickly
• Coming from rest, the ship shouldn't gain speed that quickly
• Physics in Scene 16 - INCORRECT

DIRECTION OF APPLIED FORCE

• Kirk is kicking the core downwards
• It should be kicked at a sideward angle to right the core
• An object will move in the direction of the applied force
• The core rights itself on Kirk's last downward kick
• Physics in Scene 17 - INCORRECT

IN MEMORY OF LEONARD NIMOY