MM> LF>> Nope, never saw it, but I read about it, that was in a shuttle, I
 MM> LF>> thought we were refering to a ship, larger than a shuttle....
 MM>> What does the size of a ship have to with the question of whether a
 MM>> certain speed is impossible to reach?
 RM> Good question.  The USS *Constitution* could sail faster than the larger
 RM> ships she fought.  The fastest surface craft, other than hovercraft, are
 RM> small power craft which can do 40 or 50 knots compared with the 30+
 RM> knots of an aircraft carrier.
However, this is not a true analogy.  50 knots cannot be considered to
be an "impossible" speed.  It *is* possible.  It is a "speed limit" that
is beaten all the time.  I did it just the other day.  :-)
The Techie Trekie crowd claims that Warp 10 is infinate speed, and thus
impossible to reach, regardless of ship size, engine system, etc.  Not
the kind of thing you are talking about at all.
Voyager on-screen continuity, of course, contradicts this theory.  Warp
ten *can* be reached with warp drive, but it has been found to have
undesirable side effects.  :-)
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