RE: I spent the evening with my Son...and Captain Kirk, fun visit for all!

That's right, they're called proton torpedoes. I forgot what they were called. Can people make proton torpedoes in the real world? I love the gradual approach. Options. Anti-matter warheads, brilliant. The philosophy of turning matter into energy and back into matter again might be as vague as the force in Star Wars. Why don't the doctors in sick bay teleport the sick people out and then back in and simply edit out the germs and sickness out like photoshop?