[pp.int.general] Build the enterprise

[Gareth Nelson]

My inner sci-fi geek loves the idea, but the realist in me absolutely hates it

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On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:18 PM, roberto aka robske
<evilteddyxl at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Akira_class
>
> This class might also be interesting :)
>
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Michel Gallant <sfxman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I dunno man, if you need to send a single electron a few micrometers we
>> can totally hook you up!
>>
>> On May 21, 2012 3:20 PM, "peter boehm"
>> <peter.boehm at bremen.piratenpartei.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> building the enterprise is a nice idea, but unfortunately with have no
>>> warp drives.. and transporter tech sucks too
>>>
>>> what about building some big octaedron in space, about the size of the
>>> pyramids? each one in every lagrange point of moon orbit? sound like a
>>> similar project :D
>>>
>>> On 05/21/2012 08:57 PM, roberto aka robske wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>> <mailto:psema4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Andrew Norton <ktetch at gmail.com
>>>>    <mailto: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,
>>>>    --
>>>>       Scott Elcomb
>>>>       @psema4 on Twitter / Identi.ca
>>>>
>>>>       Atomic OS: Self Contained Microsystems
>>>>    http://code.google.com/p/atomos/
>>>>
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