In Star Trek Discovery S1:E3 Context is for Kings the protagonist Michael Burnham joins the USS Discovery. She finds that the ship has an experimental Spore Drive.

We know that The Federation used the NX prefix for experimental ships.

But the Discovery's ship number is NCC-1031.

Indeed, the following commentator writes:

Shouldn't the Discovery have an NX prefix, since it's an experimental vessel, with a spore drive?

My question is: If the Discovery contains an experimental spore drive, why doesn't it a NX registry?

In Star Trek Discovery S1:E3 Context is for Kings the protagonist Michael Burnham joins the USS Discovery. She finds that the ship has an experimental Spore Drive.

We know that The Federation used the NX prefix for experimental ships.

But the Discovery's ship number is NCC-1031.

Indeed, the following commentator writes:

Shouldn't the Discovery have an NX prefix, since it's an experimental vessel, with a spore drive?

My question is: If the Discovery contains an experimental spore drive, why doesn't it a NX registry?

In Star Trek Discovery S1:E3 Context is for Kings the protagonist Michael Burnham joins the USS Discovery. She finds that the ship has an experimental Spore Drive.

We know that The Federation used the NX prefix for experimental ships.

But the Discovery's ship number is NCC-1031.

Indeed, the following commentator writes:

Shouldn't the Discovery have an NX prefix, since it's an experimental vessel, with a spore drive?

My question is: If the Discovery contains an experimental spore drive, why doesn't the ship name have an NX in it?

In Star Trek Discovery S1:E3 Context is for Kings the protagonist Michael Burnham joins the USS Discovery. She finds that the ship has an experimental Spore Drive.

We know that The Federation used the NX prefix for experimental ships.

But the Discovery's ship number is NCC-1031.

Indeed, the following commentator writes:

Shouldn't the Discovery have an NX prefix, since it's an experimental vessel, with a spore drive?

My question is: If the Discovery contains an experimental spore drive, why doesn't it a NX registry?