stackyFACTSGene Roddenberry walked into the design room, looked at the ship model that was resting awkwardly on its top, and decided it looked perfect. The nacelles were supposed to be on the bottom, meaning the pinnacle of Starfleet engineering is technically flying belly-up.
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