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#3577672 - 05/22/12 07:42 PM Build the Enterprise (for real)
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http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/

Ok, so it doesn't lack for ambition. smile

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#3577690 - 05/22/12 08:01 PM Re: Build the Enterprise (for real) [Re: FearlessFrog]
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Stylization to look like the TV prop would not appear to be most efficient. But as you say, ambitious!

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#3577693 - 05/22/12 08:05 PM Re: Build the Enterprise (for real) [Re: FearlessFrog]
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Yep, personally I would have gone for a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man circa Ghostbusters, but I guess they are going for inspiration. I wonder if they want the crew to wear those funky uniforms?

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#3577722 - 05/22/12 08:57 PM Re: Build the Enterprise (for real) [Re: FearlessFrog]
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Quite daft.
Ion engines aren't anywhere near powerful enough to push hundreds of tonnes around effectively and the centrifuge would have to be stopped (can't be stopped or started mechanically, has to be a reaction engine like a rocket) or it'll create a lot of precessional forces.
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#3577732 - 05/22/12 09:08 PM Re: Build the Enterprise (for real) [Re: Billzilla]
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Originally Posted By: Billzilla
Quite daft.
Ion engines aren't anywhere near powerful enough to push hundreds of tonnes around effectively and the centrifuge would have to be stopped (can't be stopped or started mechanically, has to be a reaction engine like a rocket) or it'll create a lot of precessional forces.


Yeah, I'm guessing the folks coming up with this plan don't know a whole lot about nuclear engineering either... The LAST thing you'd ever want to do would be to jettison a reactor core into space... Google "prompt critical" to show why. Not to mention the numbers they're tossing around wouldn't work for the sizes I'm guessing at based on the images.
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#3577737 - 05/22/12 09:21 PM Re: Build the Enterprise (for real) [Re: FearlessFrog]
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Comments from the NASA's engineer forum on this plan..

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28821.0

Ouch smile

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#3577745 - 05/22/12 09:34 PM Re: Build the Enterprise (for real) [Re: FearlessFrog]
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Originally Posted By: FearlessFrog
Comments from the NASA's engineer forum on this plan..

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28821.0

Ouch smile



Man, it was just starting to get good there when the admins locked it...
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#3577828 - 05/23/12 12:03 AM Re: Build the Enterprise (for real) [Re: FearlessFrog]
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Not the Enterprise but building something like the Babylon 5 station would be somewhat in the realm of possibility with our current tech. At least that's my impression based on the theoretical stuff I've read!
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