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Submitted by Nitpicker :	Anonymous
Movie :	Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan - 1982
Nitpick Category :	Scientific Fact
Approximate time of Nitpick :	first 10-15 minutes
Summary :	(Refuted)
Detail :	Khan explains the planet he was on in the original series exploded, throwing him onto this world. How? Do you see Mars or Venus or Pluto going super nova?

Comment By :	20288
Summary:	He never said that...
Detail :	Khan and his cohorts were abandoned on Ceti Alpha V by Captain Kirk and Co. in TOS. In the film, Khan is STILL on Ceti Alpha V. Chekov and Tyrell thought that they had arrived at Ceti Alpha VI. I submit the following dialogue into the record... Chekov - 'You lie - on Ceti Alpha V there was life, a fair chance!' Khan - 'THIS is Ceti Alpha V!! Ceti Alpha VI exploded six months after we were left here - the shock shifted the orbit of this planet and everything was laid waste. Captain Kirk never bothered to check...' By the way, planets explode all the time - if we were to take our solar system as a model for the amount of activity in the galaxy, we'd be wasting billions of dollars on pretty boring space programs. Planets DO explode, almost certainly, there are meteors flying around in space and not every planet has the physical and chemical make up that ours does...basically, you're wrong - it's not even a matter of opinion.


It was the neigbor planet Posted At : 01/22/2008
Why not? Praxis did. Posted At : 01/22/2008
all the time? Posted At : 01/22/2008
Point of view Posted At : 01/22/2008
It could have gone unnoticed by starfleet Posted At : 01/22/2008