Why? If you have a machine with you, it shouldn't matter.

I saw a 60 second blurb on wormholes on the Science channel a few days ago where a scientist discussed the possibility of entering a wormhole. He said they have determined that it is possible, but the the size of the entrance must be quite large. He then cited DS9, saying the mouth of the wormhole would have to be a LOT bigger for them to use it as they do.
But I've never considered the ship's velocity as being greater in hyperspace. Personally I've always envisioned hyperspace as such: fold a piece of paper so that the two ends (points A & B) almost touch. A traveller can then "step" across from point A to point B without travelling all the way across the page. When folded, the area between point A and point B is connected via hyperspace, which the traveller passes through when "stepping" across.
In truth, this isn't my theory. When I was in the 6th grade I got a book called Revolt on Alpha C, and they discussed warping space pretty much like I described it above. Sounded good at the time, so I've sort of stuck with it.

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