now all we need is the technology to be able to do all this and figure out the space warp thing
paging Dr. Alcubierre...paging Dr. Miguel Alcubierre.
Posted on 05/18/2012 12:30:28 PM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
The wine coolers will flow like a river tonight.
Klingon D7 are al0t cheaper. Since Kronos exploded you can get them for a few latinum bars and flasks of Romulan ale.
-PJ
Screw the FTL and warp drives. If they can build a working and functional copy of Six (Tricia Helfer), I’m on board and say it’s worth every penny. My wife might not appreciate it, but building one would be advancing science, right?
Hell, makes more sense than what OBummer is whizzing away trillions on, take a chance at it, the technology learned would pay off eventually while OBummer’s stuff will never.
We are no more capable of doing this than we are of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth by the end of the decade...
With string theory, ANYTHING is possible.
We could build it, but it would just sit there. The “whoosh” doors would work, the “life support systems”, lights and comfy chairs on the bridge would all be there.
Communicators, etc.
We could probably also build it in Low Earth Orbit. I’m sure SpaceX can give you a quotation for delivering material to the jobsite. Bigelow could provide jobsite dormitories & cafeterias and probably even Assembly Buildings in orbit.
Hey, maybe the new Facebook IPO billionaires need something to do with all that money.
now all we need is the technology to be able to do all this and figure out the space warp thing
paging Dr. Alcubierre...paging Dr. Miguel Alcubierre.
“...on the much cooler Battlestar Galactica”
You’re trying to start trouble, aren’t you?
Not true. We already have better video screens, tablets and computers.
Who proofs this stuff? Maybe they're just relatively sure?
that’s a much better deal than the California high-speed train...
Just load it up with some large VASIMIR engines and we could make a round trip to Alpha Centauri in 50 years.
Wally, my friend, you fell for it. No project comes in on time or at cost. Plus, since you are so eager to spend the money, where is the money going to come from?
In case you haven’t received the news at your space camp on whatever planet it is located, the US doesn’t have that kind of cash. We’re in a bit of a hole that is about the size of the moon and increasing daily. (On second thought, maybe it is a black hole). The US is headed for the same cliff that Greece just went off, and France, Spain, and Britain are headed there. Lemmings.
Nify idea. Not doable. So put away the check book. Just because you have checks doesn’t mean there is money in the account.
LOL. Just stating a fact. I’d much rather be a Viper pilot on a Colonial Battlestar, kicking Cylon ass, than some boring bland guy wearing a red shirt on the Enterprise. And I would be dating one of the Cylon 8 models (Sharon)!
All you have to do is pick the right quantum leap............
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