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		mjevans on Aug 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How far could a spaceship go if we never ran out o... We the viewers follow high ranking officers on a capitol starship. Surely this cushy position comes with a well equipped post on a vessel that has a good number of such units. Enough so that Voyager had the meme of holographic crewmembers. I don't know if RedDwarf (Rimmer) or some other scifi show got there first.

jonplackett on Aug 10, 2021 [–]

trust the internet to have already calculated the answer to this question (you can have 10.8 hours per month = 30 minutes a day - not bad!)

https://www.reddit.com/r/startrek/comments/3aajfy/how_much_h...

nsxwolf on Aug 10, 2021 | [–]

If it's anything like VR, a bunch of the people on the ship would lose interest and rarely use it, leaving lots more time for the devotees.

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