Timeline for Did the Original Enterprise Have Landing Gear?
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| May 6, 2021 at 14:17 | history | edited | DavidW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 15, 2015 at 9:42 | comment | added | Valorum | @hypnosifl - Phase II the show is non-canon but the scripts are semi-canon since they were written by the studio's writers. | |
| Feb 15, 2015 at 9:41 | comment | added | Valorum | @hypnosifl - It's 'semi-canon' because it was written by a studio staffer and because bits of it have become canonical. | |
| Feb 15, 2015 at 2:17 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | @Hypnosifl: I've clumsily incorporated your comment into my answer. | |
| Feb 15, 2015 at 2:17 | history | edited | Keith Thompson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 15, 2015 at 1:09 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | Might be worth noting that although Gregory Mandel was a production artist for Trek, that was after he wrote the USS Enterprise Officer's Manual, which at the time (1980) was a fan creation since he wasn't affiliated with the show in any way. Unlike another popular fan creation, the Star Fleet Technical Manual by Franz Joseph, I don't think Mandel's book was ever licensed by CBS/Paramount so it seems odd to call it "semi-canon", that'd be like calling Star Trek: Phase II semi-canon because it's popular and well-made. | |
| Aug 30, 2014 at 10:53 | comment | added | Valorum | @Wikis - Not skis, legs. The ship makes a graceful landing using the "descent engines" and the legs stabilise the hull on landing (to stop it toppling). | |
| Aug 30, 2014 at 10:51 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 24, 2012 at 16:51 | comment | added | BBlake | @KeithThompson - Yes, it was included in the original Constitution class vessels, of which the Enterprise was a part. There are several documented sources of varying "canon-ness", which mention or detail this, including the novel "Enterprise" and the original design spec blueprints that were sold. While these sources may or may not be considered canon depending on your view, they do all specifically call out this feature of the original Enterprise. | |
| Feb 23, 2012 at 0:33 | comment | added | Zan Lynx | @KeithThompson: I think the original could have done the separation, just not the reconnection. Like the saying goes, any car is a convertible, with the right power tools. | |
| Feb 22, 2012 at 21:56 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | @BBlake: Yes, but that doesn't address the question about the original enterprise. Saucer separation could have been an innovation added between the 1701 and the 1701-D. | |
| Feb 21, 2012 at 18:43 | vote | accept | Tango | ||
| Feb 21, 2012 at 14:34 | comment | added | BBlake | In standard Federation starship design for larger ships, the saucer section is designed to be able to separate from the main hull to be used as an emergency lifeboat. An example of this can be seen in the TNG pilot episode. This separable saucer section has the ability to land planetside and take off again when absolutely needed. | |
| Feb 21, 2012 at 9:50 | history | edited | Keith Thompson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 21, 2012 at 9:47 | comment | added | Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE | So Tango was right, those triangles are a landing gear? Like what then, wheels, skis? | |
| Feb 21, 2012 at 9:37 | history | answered | Keith Thompson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |