Engineer: Star Trek’s Enterprise ship could be built in 20 years at a cost of $1 trillion

Yahoo News-YTech ^ | 5/18/12 | Tecca

[Kartographer]

Whether you're a Trekkie or not, you have to admit that there's some sense of wonder toexploring the stars and trying to find life on distant planets. Of course, the U.S.S. Enterprise is a fictional ship, but have you ever put in the thought as to what it would take to actually build it, and when we could get it done if we really put in the effort? The man behind the well-researched site buildtheenterprise.org has, and he's determined that a fully functional Enterprise is only 20 years away if we put in the effort.

[Kartographer]

"To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before."

[Wally_Kalbacken]

WTF, let’s do it!

[edh]

I doubt it’d get anywhere near 0.5 worp though!

[dfwgator]

Make it so.

[ozzymandus]

Yeah? Hows that warp drive coming along? Is the transporter room up and running yet?

[brivette]

“been there, done that.”

[rightwingcrazy]

With this model, impulse drive only.

[Astronaut]

You beat me to it. Let me know when we’ve invented warp drive (or FTL drives as they are known on the much cooler Battlestar Galactica) and we’ll talk.

[ClearCase_guy]

Beat me to it. We have virtually none of the technology needed to build this starship. The idea is ludicrous.

[Uncle Ike]

Which version??

[MulberryDraw]

If we’re going to need 2 Earths to survive, we’d better get going. (sarc)

[yarddog]

The newer form is:

“To Badly Go Where No One Has Gone Before”.

[b4its2late]

Obama has spent that money what seems like light years ago.

[dfwgator]

"To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before."

That would rule out going to George Takei's * ahem *

[blueunicorn6]

THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE is a fictional ship? If my Uncle was still alive, I’d slap him for telling me all those made up WWII stories.

[Red Badger]

http://news.discovery.com/space/warp-drive-spaceship-engine.html

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Dr. Sivana]

I think we ought to set our sights on something more reasonable, like the Jupiter 2, which launched in 1997! (Perhaps including a Marta Krista-type for those who are not yet married)

[Red Badger]

http://news.discovery.com/space/warp-drive-spaceship-engine.html

[cuban leaf]

The subspace radio would be fun. And I’ve been wondering when they were gonna start using those tractor beams.