[Lx]

BTE-Dan stresses that the ship would not be an exact replica as the technology does not exist, but he feels that using the design of the iconic ship would bring more public interest and enthusiasm in the American space program.

That' rather an understatement. So, he wants us to build what is in essence a shell thank looks like the Enterprise while we lack the technology to even power it?

I'm thinking:

1) No matter-antimatter.

2) No gravity like the enterprise unless he plans on rotating it.

3) No impulse or warp drive.

4) Not to mention a large amount of red suits for all the people who will die on this thing.

5) Transporters.

6) No shuttle unless he wants to rip the decommed ones out of a museum (I could support this).

7) Clearly the only one with the ability to Captain it would be Obummer and that I can get behind.

8) Oh yeah, a vacuum/carpet cleaner that picks up the goo remaining of the crew the second they go into warp if that is ever possible.

[left that other site]

You left out the Heisenberg Compensators.

Those would probably add another 50Billion to the Price Tag.

And just WHERE does he propose to find the Dilithium Crystals or a good cheap source of Xenite?

[morphing libertarian]

Picky, picky, picky!

[longfellow]

Let’s not get crazy here, you are forgetting the planet of green slave girls!