# Technology Star Fleet should have jumped on with both feet

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**Created:** [July 10, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-star-fleet-should-have-jumped-on-with-both-feet/363815 "2006-07-10T02:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-star-fleet-should-have-jumped-on-with-both-feet/363815/21 "2006-07-10T21:44:31Z")

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[QUOTE=Ethilrist]  
Then there’s the transporter “accident” that regressed Picard, Guinan, Ro and Keiko to 12 years old. Those suckers are _immortal_ (well, not Ro, she’s prolly dead by now), provided the transport patterns can be stored that long, if they can get over that silly business of “oh, no, I can’t go back to being 12 again. I’d be all, like, young and stuff…” I bet Picard rethinks that decision in another 20, 30 years or so…  
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I’m absolutely certain that by the time of TNG immortality is possible, but the Federation has supressed the technology for cultural reasons (“human dignity”, etc.) I can just picture a DS9 episode where Dr. Bashir discovers that a relatively simple medical treatment could make people perpetually young; only Section 31 pays him a visit and explains that it’ll never be allowed.

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**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technology-star-fleet-should-have-jumped-on-with-both-feet/363815/22 "2006-07-11T06:39:45Z")

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[QUOTE=riker1384]  
For one thing, if that one crew member dies, they’re left out of reach of civilization.  
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That’s why I said a “staff”.

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