3. Gravity Apparently Doesn't Matter?
Outside of a planet's atmosphere, an object cannot and will not drop like a stone, thanks to the lack of gravity. It certainly looks like the Enterprise is pretty far above the Earth as it begins its free-fall plummet, which would defy the fundamental laws of physics, but it could also suggest that whatever damage occurs to the Enterprise actually happens within Earth's atmosphere. Quite what causes it takes on a whole new level of intrigue when that comes into play. Either way, there's still a discrepancy in the way the Enterprise's crash is reported in this trailer. First we see it dropping almost vertically through the Earth's atmosphere, and then, in the scenes we have already seen, the ship can be seen propelled forwards as if the engines have forced forward motion. So either I'm being too much of a stickler for physics, or those two sequences have a bridging section - which would probably also explain how the ship didn't just come to pieces when it hit the Earth after such a long drop. Perhaps Scotty manages to temporarily regain engine power?