Wasn't the last ship on the end a model of the Vengence? Thought it was weird he had a model of it in plain sight.
Did McCoy essentially cure death?
And why did it have to be Khan's blood, why not defrost one of the other 72?
Is this medical breakthrough just going to be discarded now?
2 - Spocks phone a friend scene has to be the dumbest thing ever.
Well, no. Kirk's brain was still working, which is why they had to get him into cryostasis ASAP. His heart had stopped and radiation had ravaged his cellular structure, but he wasn't fully dead.
Basic Scientific Reasoning. Khan's blood had known regenerative properties. Without testing, there was no way of knowing whether or not any of the other 72 super-people's blood had the same property. You could assume and take your chances, but when a person's life is on the line, you really don't want to do that.
McCoy synthesized a serum from Khan's blood sample. Synthesized means that it's most likely reproducible. It's in his own database now, and likely in the Starfleet Medical Database as well.
Something that puzzled me was the reasoning to send the Enterprise, and the crew that just 'saved the day' away on their 5 year mission...now that war was essentially going to start with the Klingon's. Perhaps the Federation was unaware of this new development, but...Kirk knew which is why the timing of their departure for this '5 Year Mission' felt off.
David
Well, remember that was a year later. The Enterprise had been repaired and refitted, Kirk mentions that a year has passed in the dedication ceremony.