This assessment completely omits an important source of impulse -- the kid driven by imagination. This has to be scaled up too! I've been locating some of our

This assessment completely omits an important source of impulse -- the kid driven by imagination. This has to be scaled up too! I've been locating some of our Lego models at home in places that defy traditional notions of gravity, can only guess what was the intended target of our little Commander at launch. So the base assumption should be that the tanks are filled with Magic, and the main stage houses a warp-core. The destination is indeed Deep Space! (Picard to the Bridge)