Du skal huske, at virksomheden har kunstig tyngdekraft. Inden for den interne logik i filmen kan der stadig være strøm til det, selvom det var deaktiveret for nogle andre skibssystemer.

Hvis jeg husker med rette, blev ikke alt på skibet ophævet af Khans handlinger. Men mange systemer blev afbrudt. Hvis du accepterer dette, behøver du ikke antage, at fysikkens love blev overtrådt, men om det internt er sandsynligt, at tyngdekraften er et af de sidste systemer, der går ud af, at det kunne være bare lidt disrupted er stadig åben for debat.

Artificial gravity was out, however I believe the inertial dampers were still active. This can easily explain the effects we saw in the movie. I believe the TNG Technical Manual explains it as a system of forcefields that keep the crew more or less in place when the ship accelerates or decelerates, counteracting those forces and preventing the crew from getting squashed or thrown about more than dramatic requirements allow. Since the tech manual can be considered non-canon, it gives even more leeway to how they could behave. Point is, inertial dampers exist, we know their basic purpose, and there's nothing to say they couldn't explain the movement of the crew within the ship while it was in free fall.