did they flew into the wormhole from the BACK of the stargate in the beginning?

[qingdom]

or did they flew into the wormhole from the BACK of the stargate in the beginning?

We saw the gate being hit, but the thrusters were not making it rotate 180 degrees, but back right side up while they were trying to get back control of the ship.

in any case, jumping through the gate from the back was a big taboo, I thought... that resulted death, no?

[Colonel_Ez]

I honestly dont know

I cant recall hearing/seeing anything in any SG episode about going the wrong way through a stargate, however they do indeed have an identified front so... you have to wonder

[AscendedThor]

well we know that things always emerge from the front side of the wormhole and can't emerge from the other side (otherwise the SGC would put an Iris & guards on the other side of the gate as well). but we don't really know what happens if someone tries to enter through the back side.

[mimi1970]

I was watching is closely and it looked like the gate corrected itself to face the jumper after the pj crashed into it. I think that means when the pj approached it again it was facing the right way.

[DigiFluid]

I found it more puzzling that (yet again) the gate only had 8 chevrons.

[perkin127]

i think it got restablised so they did go in the right way round, though im not 100% sure if it is a bad thing to in the other way round, i mean esp with a space gate it could be a little confusing!

[Kritter]

Maybe it just "kawooshes" in the direction of whoever has the dialer. Wouldn't make too much sense to have a front and back in space.

[Voxyn]

Here be your answer:

http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=57715

[Zamboni]

Apparently the space gates align itself toward the source of the DHD signal.

So if you fly straight up from the planet surface and enter the gate, it'll actually face toward the planet...

The real question is, what would happen if you spun around the gate just to mess with it? Will it get angry and smack you in the face?

[Zamboni]

I found it more puzzling that (yet again) the gate only had 8 chevrons.

Most gates only have 8 chevrons... The Milky Way gates require only 7 symbols to lock (6 + 1 PoO), and 8 to dial intergalactic gates.

Have we actually seen them using the ninth chevron? I mean, where (or when) would it dial if you input nine chevrons? It establishes a wormhole to Wright and Cooper's office maybe?

[jelgate]

Your missing the point. The gate normally has 9 chevrons but only seven (sometimes 8) are ever locked. The CGI on this gate was messed up and only showed 8

[the fifth man]

Your missing the point. The gate normally has 9 chevrons but only seven (sometimes 8) are ever locked. The CGI on this gate was messed up and only showed 8

I usually don't even notice little slips like that, to be honest.

[Zamboni]

Your missing the point. The gate normally has 9 chevrons but only seven (sometimes 8) are ever locked. The CGI on this gate was messed up and only showed 8

Oh right... Forgot about that...

Oh well, let's just assume that Weir stole one of the chevrons cause she was bored waiting for Shepard's jumper...

[Jill_Ion]

I've seen gates with eight and some with nine. I assumed some were either not allowed to dial Wright and Cooper's offices or the Ancients built then at different times during the Gate Network Assembly. Like the eight chevron gates were version 2.0 or something. (The Milky Way gates being versions 1.0 to 1.9.)

[beire]

probably the 9 chevron was used for something that wasn't needed at this gate