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In Star Trek, does the transporter conserve the momentum of transported objects?

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In Star Trek, does the transporter conserve the momentum of transported objects?

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Post by Grognak » Sun, Aug 11, 2013, 9:23 PM UTC

In Star Trek, does the transporter conserve the momentum of transported objects?
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Post by taproot » Sun, Aug 11, 2013, 11:47 PM UTC

Afaik yes and no.

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Post by krapp » Sun, Aug 11, 2013, 11:53 PM UTC

Depends on the writer.

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Post by throwaway420 » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 12:51 AM UTC

Perhaps the Heisenberg compensators function in some fashion by stopping the momentum of the object being transported?

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