Turns out, Tilly uses this prop as a “laser core sampler” to capture a piece of the asteroid so they can harvest the metreon-charged dark matter for the spore drive interface replacement in the excellent #StarTrekDiscovery episode, “New Eden”.
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![Questions featured on the worksheet for Star Trek The Voyage Home:
8. When the dilithium crystals decrystallize, Spock proposes getting energy from a 20th
century power source. Describe the power source, how Spock plans to harness the energy,
and where they plan to find the power source.
9. What relative of the humpback whale was considered to be the largest creature to ever
inhabit the Earth?
10. At the time of release of this movie (1986), Dr. Gillian Taylor states there are approximately
10,000 humpback whales remaining, down from hundreds of thousands. How many are
there now? [You will need to research to answer this question]
11. Scotty is told by the engineer that the Plexiglass polymer needs to be 6 inches thick to hold 18,000 cubic feet of water. He then shows the engineer a different material that could do
the job and only needs to be 1 inch thick. What is the material called?
12. Although the material was considered fictional at the time that the movie was made, the
material referred to in the previous question actually exists now! Do a search on this
material and write three interesting facts about the material.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:frqv76q7tu3m45c2cgaholjs/bafkreihwupg32cqfez55xvw3o25jhldujod2xiunsgy4nywaxhcszk6k6u)
