with its large budget, "" showed a variety of shuttle-type vehicles operating near earth. though the transporter is nearly always available, shuttles provided a dramatic way for characters to enter. a passenger shuttle carrying admiral james t. kirk is shown landing in san francisco. kirk travels from an earth-orbiting space station to "enterprise" in a barrel-shaped "travel pod". spock docks with "enterprise" in a shuttle named for the vulcan philosopher surak, which carries warp drive nacelles on a detachable sled. matte paintings of the cargo deck show that the refurbished "enterprise" carries shuttles similar to the "surak" but without the warp drive sled, indicating that this is a standard shuttle design.