SCIENCE fiction or science FICTION...

[2 of 10]

One of the reasons that I LOVE Trek is that it does such a good job in blending SCIENCE and fiction, I have worked up at NASA/AMES Research Center in Mountain View, Ca and have admired the way that the writers made sure that even though it is fiction, they wove many aspects of real SCIENCE into scripts. From Gravity Deck Plateing, to Matter/Anti-Matter blending in the warp-core, to the amounts of anti-matter needed in the wepons systems, all the way to the geography of the Milky Galaxy, Geodesic Folds, Wormholes, Nebula types, Quantom Singlarities, Warp Speed Factors that you would need to traverse the vastness of getting through the galaxy.

I also love the FICTION of Trek, One cannot say for sure that there is a planet that would resemble Vulcan, The Borg, The Klingon Empire, The Wormhole Aliens, Risa, Trills being hosts to slugs that have had previous lives and hosts. The FICTION of Trek is also totally great, and when you blend both aspects of Trek, both the SCIENCE and the FICTION in my view it makes for a totally winning combination.

What aspect of Trek work for you my fellow Trek BBS'ers...

 

[agordy85]

I really enjoy the science behind Trek as well, but I believe that they shouldn't have too much science that we get lost, but enough in a way that it's very interesting and it teaches a lesson, something that you can say "Well, now I've learned something new today." The fiction behind Trek has always been phenomenal in my opinion because the writers and creators have come up with some of the best villians and the best lead characters we've ever seen.

 

[Hyperspace05]

I have worked up at NASA/AMES Research Center in Mountain View, Ca and have admired the way that the writers made sure that even though it is fiction, they wove many aspects of real SCIENCE into scripts. From Gravity Deck Plateing, to Matter/Anti-Matter blending in the warp-core, to the amounts of anti-matter needed in the wepons systems..

And I believe you confuse techobabble with science a bit here... Gravity plating???

Just because I might call something a "linear blackhole inverter" does not make it SCIENCE. It might sound like science, but in literary terms it is no different than magic.

 

[2 of 10]

I am not suggesting that what I mentioned in the Science part of my post is a current technology that is being used, however, If we ever do venture into deep space we will need gravity plating and several of the other technologys I mentioned to make space travel possible. Also the astronomical phenomenons that are delt with in Trek are real and viable in current astrophyics studies and theories.

The fiction part of my post delt with Alien species, Trills with hosts that have lived in several other beings, Temporial Ships that can wipe out whole civilations in a few minutes, Shape-Shifters...ect

Techo-Babble is one thing, future possibilties are another. That is why I titled my post SCIENCE fiction or science FICTION...

Resistance is Futile

 

[Hyperspace05]

Ok, maybe I misunderstood you then... Your title seemed to imply that SCIENCE part was the important part of science fiction in that the quality of science is more important than the plot. (fiction)

And since I personally do not see Trek as very scientifically accurate, that provoked my response.

But I suppose it *is* about (and involves) science, and that is at least something.

 

[punkydrewster]

I have worked up at NASA/AMES Research Center in Mountain View, Ca

you are sooooooooo cool. I wish I could boldly go where no one has gone before.