The Spore Drive Technology. What Do You Think About It?

Nothing fake about magic mushrooms. Just read the later works of Timothy Leary.

 

Absolutely, and I think USS Einstein pretty well explained why this is.

 

Yes.

This is sci-fi, so it's all based on ones ability to suspend disbelief, but I find it hard to suspend disbelief when discussing the spore drive.

 

Nice - spooge drive.

 

It would be a fun idea, if this show was set in the 25th century. Right now it is a totally pointless and meaningless idea.

 

Since there may also be mold involved, is it OK if it's blue cheese?

 

I feel confident that by the end of the series there will be a satisfactory explanation as to why this technology is not used on future ships. I remember during ENT third season people here were grumbling about the expanse and why it is not seen or talked about in shows that happen in the future.

 

I agree. There will be some kind of ongoing problem that comes up, like what happened on the Glenn (to varying degrees). Lorca will want to continue trying it, Stamets won't, and it will be some kind of situation where Starfleet orders any and all such operations to be stopped in favor of exploration (since it's hoped that the war won't be going on beyond the first season).

 

Yes. Until we know more.

Uranium isn't magic. Dilithium is just a surrogate fictional rare mineral.

Spores are basically mushroom cum, to exaggerate for comedic effect - the reproductive haploid cells of a mushroom have no conceivable value for FTL propulsion - unless these are Q-continuum non-corporeal energy-based mushrooms or something - in which case can they even be called a part of the domain eukaryota?

 

Dilithium has iron tunnels that allow the movement of atoms inside, which is a facet of nano-engineering since I was a science student at uni, we had posters showing supermaterials with atomic tunnels as decoration.

Fungi that is "in tune with the vibrations of the universe" is new age bullshit.

 

They aren’t real. They can be given any properties required to tell a story. This is a show, not a documentary about space travel.

 

Makes sense. But I don't expect the technology to be a complete failure. Before it gets discontinued it will be used by Lorca to kick some Klingon ass.

 

@Regina George - And yet, not to get into the same old argument that Christopher was having again, Star Trek has always tried to be on the believable side of drama - the series draft had a preface all about respect for realism. It has tripped up a few times but mainly been one of the better things on TV in this respect. So it's not an inconsequential distinction to make.

I would say it's fairly important to the show's identity and philosophy.

 

Properties that existed in human sciences in the early 2000's at least (nano-tunnels), at institutions I attended. We didn't have a "universal fungus magic" building on the campus. If they did, they kept it a good secret from us.

 

It's totally absurd.like potato spores or fungus spores or mould making it possible to go to the next star.It makes me queasy just to think of it.

Someone please get the writers a science education.

I mean it smacks of swords/sandals/sorcery/fantasy...

Maybe they were smoking magic mushrooms.

 

Maybe it gets scrapped as part of a treaty? The Klingons get rid of the cloak that T'Kuvma developed, Starfleet gets rid of the Spore Drive.

 

Well I'm intrigued by it. Was the universe at stake? Maybe the ligaments of space time or whatever it was are in danger. The Klingons won't stand for an advantage like that, and the feds can't allow the Klingons, so its a scorched earth policy, but up the cosmic fundament.

Either that or its a sentient collective, or God. I only hope that Discovery isn't another BSG, I'd like there to be some rewatch value in it.

 

I've heard of magic rocks that can be set on fire. Supposedly they could even power engines!

 

Spores and rocks are tinker toys compared to the Infinite Improbability Drive. Don't forget to bring a towel.