This episode is supposed to be set after the events of Voyager/DS9/TNG so technology should be more advanced than what was shown on those shows.
1. Why are the kids and parents living apart for years at a time? The kids are presumably on Earth while the parents work in Mars orbit. A ride on a ship at one half impulse would take about 10-20 minutes to get between the planets.
2. All of the ships being built at the Mars Shipyard are from the pre TOS era. It does't make sense for a shipyard to be producing ships from a design more than 100 (some up to 200) years old.
3. The shuttle being used as a bus for the students is also more than 100 years old. I suppose they could still be using such an old ship but it doesn't really make much sense.
4. A massive force can attack and seemingly destroy Mars without any prior notification that they were coming. We also see no Federation starships attacking the invaders. Earth is at the heart of the Federation. To not have any advanced warning or any ships defending Mars is a bit silly.
1. Why are the kids and parents living apart for years at a time? The kids are presumably on Earth while the parents work in Mars orbit. A ride on a ship at one half impulse would take about 10-20 minutes to get between the planets.
2. All of the ships being built at the Mars Shipyard are from the pre TOS era. It does't make sense for a shipyard to be producing ships from a design more than 100 (some up to 200) years old.
3. The shuttle being used as a bus for the students is also more than 100 years old. I suppose they could still be using such an old ship but it doesn't really make much sense.
4. A massive force can attack and seemingly destroy Mars without any prior notification that they were coming. We also see no Federation starships attacking the invaders. Earth is at the heart of the Federation. To not have any advanced warning or any ships defending Mars is a bit silly.