Re: Star Trek Teaser Trailer Now Up On The Internets

GeneK wrote:
> "Steven L." <sdlitvin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote...
>
>> But it doesn't look like the components are being built separately.
>> It looks like they're building the complete ship on the ground.  Then
>> maybe they detach the components and ferry them up to orbit to be
>> reassembled up there.
>
> From a purely engineering POV, this would be the sensible
> thing to do; find out where the fit problems are while you're
> still at the production facitity.  Whether it turns out that way
> in the film is another matter.
>
> GeneK

But isn't making parts on the ground for use in space exactly what
initially 
messed up the hubble telescope?  The mirror was perfectly ground to exact 
specifications and then distorted from those specs once it no long had to 
support its own weight.