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Thrusters - RCS
Voyager Thrusters
Acronym for Reaction Control System also referred to as manoeuvring thrusters. The RCS is a low-power propulsion system for low-velocity attitude and translational control. Depending on the Starship type, the system consists of a number of thrusters mostly located at the edge of the saucer hull.
Although the Star Trek RCS is based on a fusion reaction, its principle has not changed since the early days of space travel in the 1960's, and similar thrusters were attached e.g. to the hull of the Apollo spaceship.
Of course there is nothing necessarily advanced about a reaction control system? Its principle hasn't changed in essence from the Apollo spacecraft to the 24th century.
Apollo Thrusters
The original Enterprise NCC-1701 was lacking visible thrusters, although the ship should have had them too. Enterprise corrects this error or inaccuracy and gives the NX-01 four blocks of thrusters at the edges of the saucer where they are traditionally located on Starfleet vessels at latest since the Constitution refit. Since the thrusters are just holes, there isn't any particular retro look to them.
NX-01 Thrusters
Last edited by Adge - May 2004
Voyager Thrusters
Acronym for Reaction Control System also referred to as manoeuvring thrusters. The RCS is a low-power propulsion system for low-velocity attitude and translational control. Depending on the Starship type, the system consists of a number of thrusters mostly located at the edge of the saucer hull.
Although the Star Trek RCS is based on a fusion reaction, its principle has not changed since the early days of space travel in the 1960's, and similar thrusters were attached e.g. to the hull of the Apollo spaceship.
Of course there is nothing necessarily advanced about a reaction control system? Its principle hasn't changed in essence from the Apollo spacecraft to the 24th century.
Apollo Thrusters
The original Enterprise NCC-1701 was lacking visible thrusters, although the ship should have had them too. Enterprise corrects this error or inaccuracy and gives the NX-01 four blocks of thrusters at the edges of the saucer where they are traditionally located on Starfleet vessels at latest since the Constitution refit. Since the thrusters are just holes, there isn't any particular retro look to them.
NX-01 Thrusters
Last edited by Adge - May 2004