Moontanman Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 An engineer suggests building a space ship like the fictional Enterprise... http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joatmon Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 An engineer suggests building a space ship like the fictional Enterprise... http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/ The link doesn't seem to work. Nevertheless - Beam me up Scotty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 The link doesn't seem to work. Nevertheless - Beam me up Scotty! it worked for me, try it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joatmon Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 it worked for me, try it again. It's OK - but took quite a long time to download. I was probably impatient. I'd still like to go on the trip so "Beam me up Scotty" still applies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg H. Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Considering it's currently on the front page of CNN (as alink to the Time website) it's probably being inundated with traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Considering it's currently on the front page of CNN (as alink to the Time website) it's probably being inundated with traffic. I didn't know that, i got it from a less well known source. I have asserted in the past that our best prospect for exploration of the solar system was a long term voyage of a large space craft that could support several people for several years as they traveled around the solar system much like the "five year mission" of the Enterprise. My take on it was a torus shaped craft that would rotate for gravity and travel in slow energy efficient orbits and carry nuclear powered landing craft. I'm not sure a craft built to imitate Star Trek in shape as well as function is credible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg H. Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I would build something more akin to a submarine, myself. Align the decks perpendicular to the axis of acceleration and spin the whole ship for gravity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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