[pp.int.general] Build the enterprise

[roberto aka robske]

The Miranda class indeed sounds like a better candidate :) While it is
smaller, it could also serve as a testbed for the eventual enterprise.

I'll contact the site and ask them to see if it's possible to look into the
Miranda class.

Spacepirate out o7

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Scott Elcomb <psema4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Andrew Norton <ktetch at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/21/2012 1:02 PM, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> >> As a conceptual foundation, it's well thought out. I think it would be
> >> more appropriate to start with a Miranda class* design though, rather
> >> than Constitution.  I understand the desire to (and gimmick of)
> >> re-creating the original starship Enterprise, but I don't think it'd
> >> be a good entry-level choice.  Certainly, I don't think our first
> >> inter-planetary manned ship needs to support 1000 people at any given
> >> time; 100-200 people should be more than sufficient to start with.
> >
> > Then, conceptually, we'd be better with the phoenix as a project testbed
> > (and you can't forget the copy of Magic Carpet Ride)
>
> I did consider the Phoenix and if the BTE project had a warp (or even
> jump) drive I would probably agree.  A Miranda class would allow many
> of the design conceptualizations at
> <http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/> to be reused, particularly the
> "gravity wheel."
>
> Best,
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Roberto Moretti

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