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Engineer: Star Trek’s Enterprise ship could be built in 20 years at a cost of $1 trillion
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| 5/18/12
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Posted on 05/18/2012 12:30:28 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Astronaut
“And I would be dating one of the Cylon 8 models (Sharon)!”
Only one?
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posted on
05/18/2012 6:02:10 PM PDT
by
Smedley
(It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
To: Zeppo
"We havent even invented Jefferies Tubes yet..."
Keep up with the times man! Jefferies Tube have been around for years!
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posted on
05/18/2012 6:10:32 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
I sign on as long as I don’t get a red uniform.
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posted on
05/18/2012 6:14:51 PM PDT
by
socal_parrot
(I hate to say I told you so, but...)
To: Kartographer
Of all the impossible things they do on Star Trek, one of the most unlikely is the transporter beam. Next is time travel. I don’t care if Einstein or whoever says it is possible, it isn’t.
From reading the Bible it seems to me that God does not even have the ability to time travel. God just decides what will occur in the future and makes it happen. At least that is my guess.
On the other hand God does not say, I was, or I shall be, He says “I am”.
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posted on
05/18/2012 6:30:32 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yarddog
Or maybe, with God, all possibilities ‘happen’ or exist at once and there is only time from our perspective.
Replicators and wrap drive couldn’t be produced, even for a trillion dollars.
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posted on
05/18/2012 6:35:52 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Kartographer
Let me be the first to rebuke this nutbag with a resounding “NO, it can’t.”
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posted on
05/18/2012 7:29:32 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: Kartographer
Keep up with the times man! Jefferies Tube have been around for years Richard Gere has been ‘using’ one for years!
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posted on
05/19/2012 3:53:51 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Kartographer
Hey Whoopi Goldberg could reprise her role and go first.
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posted on
05/19/2012 4:04:35 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
To: Smedley
I am disappointed that the Cherry 2000 model is 12 year late. :)
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posted on
05/19/2012 4:07:57 AM PDT
by
catfish1957
(My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
To: null and void
Great advice. I’ll run out and invent that warp drive today.
To: jjotto
Replicators and wrap drive couldnt be produced, even for a trillion dollars. You really should check out all the additive manufacturing techniques available today. They are clearly proto-replicators.
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posted on
05/19/2012 12:12:18 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1215 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: ozzymandus
Great advice. Ill run out and invent that warp drive today. Please do...
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posted on
05/19/2012 12:13:12 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1215 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: null and void
I guess I’ll have to, since you haven’t done it.
To: sean327
my apology ... and it is nice to be on the same page with you.
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posted on
05/20/2012 6:39:26 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: cuban leaf
He was really smart, but not that smart. He wasn't 'Jeopardy' smart.
With the advent of AI it is possible to build DNA arks piloted and crewed by robots that can go out and explore our neck of the galaxy to explore the "Goldilocks Zone" planets we are just now discovering. We will find dozens of earthlike planets - earthmass, watery, temperate - in the next few years, guaranteed.
In that time robotics and AI will have advanced to the point where we could start launching these arks with slow accel ion drives.
We might not hear back from these arks in many hundreds or even thousands of years, but within a few million years we will have seeded the planets.
We can even give the AI the prime directive so that it skips planets with life that is more evolved than, say, bacteria or single celled organisms.
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posted on
05/20/2012 7:08:10 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(When we cease to be good we'll cease to be great. Be for Goode.)
To: AdmSmith; bvw; callisto; ckilmer; dandelion; ganeshpuri89; gobucks; KevinDavis; Las Vegas Dave; ...
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posted on
05/21/2012 12:38:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: MrB
Did everyone notice the nextel chirp was remarkably similar to the original communicators? How about the original Motorola StarTAC phones? StarTAC sure sounds a lot like Star Trek!
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posted on
05/21/2012 4:05:45 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
(Meh.)
To: Kartographer; stylecouncilor
"I reach this starship jazz, Herbert."
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posted on
05/21/2012 6:05:13 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Kartographer
Engineer: Star Treks Enterprise ship could be built in 20 years at a cost of $1 trillion
Created by a systems and electrical engineer ...
Okay I stopped right there. As technically speaking - It's Bulls*t. It can't be built in 20 years or likely 'ever' (and ever is a long time).
Note that no Physicists or Mechanical Engineers are involved. Just a computer geek (Systems Eng'r) and a guy with a degree (Elec Engineering) that makes him qualified to design electrical systems (power wiring) for your house. The fact is that E=mc2 makes building any 'starship' impossible. Not improbable, unlikely, or 'maybe someday' -- but impossible.
And that's, that.
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posted on
05/22/2012 5:55:53 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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