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In watching Star Trek & the Fly, the teleporters all beckon the question- is teleportation a science that is a physical impossibility- or is it a possibility? What is the mechanical process that would break a solid object down into energy? And what reassembles that object on the other side? And is it possible what arrives is in fact the same thing that teleported, or simply a copy therof? The Fly presented an interesting notion- with two lifeforms in a telepod, they would be spliced together if teleported. Of course since we carry thousands of miscroscopic organisms, wouldn’t thier genes be spiced as well?
I never understood why on Star trek, people beaming up and down didnt collapse into a puddle of protoplasm- unless they were in a gravity free field, that kept them upright until they fully beamed in.
Do you think teleportaion, as depicted in Star trek can ever be acheived?
How could an object in motion be teleported, yet retain its original form and appearance?
I do recall that Outer Limits episode where a woman traveled to a staion on the moon and was beamed to another planet (with the help of some intelligent dinosaurs)- But the ‘redundancy’ as it was called, or her original body was to be destroyed in the process. The story dealt with the human worker trying to save her original body from being destroyed. Somehow I doubt travel by telepod will become poular if it neccessitates the destruction of your body, and a copy enjoys your vacation package..