Star Trek real life is possible now...

borgslayer · **Sat Aug 30, 2003 9:10 pm Star Trek real life is possible now...**

Here's how to make it possible.

1: A blueprint of how the ship will look like inside in out.
2: Thousands of Engineers and Construction workers to create a space ship.
3: Tons and Tons of metal. Titanium would be the obvious choice.
4: The starship vessel would twice the size of any US Carrier/Cruiser.
5: Nuclear power to run the ship or if hydrogen power if possible. Solar power could also be used.
6: Lots Rockets needed to fly the ship into outerspace from earth.
7: Rockets would the obvious choice when moving the ship in outerspace since warp drives haven't invented yet. Tons of fuel would be needed though.
8: Astraunauts, Military Personels, and Scientists from around the world to fly the ship.
9: Tons of computers and computer parts.
10: A captain for the ship. A high ranking military general would be good choice.
11: Missiles and Rockets as defense since phasers and photonic weapons don't exist yet....
12: The ship will used to explorer planets millions of miles away from earth.
13: If possible, the ship should go at 10,000 miles per hour.

Just a possibilty........ I don't think anyone would actually build one now since it probably cost 1trillion dollars to make one

IntrepidIsMe · **Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:36 am**

Where would you get the money? And not that many people would volunteer in all likelyhood. And where would you get the fuel? and even if you had it, a match would destroy the whole ship. It would be a giant saftey hazard. So I dont think its actually possible

Melodramatic · Rear Admiral Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 4577

I kinda think it is possible in a way.
I'd rather wait, though. But I'd be dead, but if reincarnation actually exsists then I wont be

Rogue · **Sun Aug 31, 2003 7:20 pm**

"12: The ship will used to explorer planets millions of miles away from earth.
13: If possible, the ship should go at 10,000 miles per hour. "

O_O

10,000 miles per hour? When you take into account that it would take 8 years to reach the nearest star at LIGHTSPEED, 10,000MPH is going to take...well, longer than I can bother to count to.

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Kyre · Commodore Joined: 15 Mar 2002 Posts: 1263

I like your determination, but you got some major flaws there.

Firstly, getting the ship into orbit. You say it's twice the size of any US carrier. That's big! Really, really big! Do you realise just how much fuel you'd need to get something that big into orbit? I dont actually think it's possible (that's a guess however).

Lets say you can though. There's still the cost. Now, it costs an incredible amount of money to get the space shuttle into orbit, $470,000,000 on average for each launch!!!!

The Space Shuttle (including all fuel tanks) weighs about 2,000 tons, and this leviathan of yours is going to be weighing in at 190,000 tons!!! So then roughly speaking it's gonna be like launching 95 space shuttles all at once. That's gonna cost the government crazy enough to try $44,650,000,000!!!!!!!!!!

Any country leader willing to spend $45 billion dollars on something so unrewarding would be hung the next day.

You then make a point about using rockets in space. Nowadays scientists are thinking of better ways to move around in space. Ion drives, solar sails, lasers...but old fashioned rockets? No way, not anymore. Definitely not on a manned mission to reach other planets.

Lastly, your ship isn't going very fast at 10,000 miles per hour. The space shuttle reaches 18,000 mph in Earths orbit and Voyager 1, a probe launched all the way back in 1977 is travelling through space right now at 35,000 mph. You arent going to have much luck at just 10.

I admire your imagination though.

Rogue · **Tue Sep 02, 2003 4:56 am**

Wouldn't large ships like this be built in space? It'd save the hassle of leaving the planet's atmosphere.

Kyre · Commodore Joined: 15 Mar 2002 Posts: 1263

Yeah, I reckon that'd be the best solution.

IntrepidIsMe · **Tue Sep 02, 2003 11:45 am**

but there isnt exactley a very efficient way to do that currentley

Greg87 · **Tue Sep 02, 2003 1:25 pm**

not a bad idea though

borgslayer · **Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:31 pm**

I just found out a good idea to actually do this. Get into space that is.

1 - Build the ship parts by parts.
2 - Spend months/years flying all the parts to space.
3 - Then do the hard task off putting all the parts together.
4 - If possible tons of fuel be brought to space.

PrankishSmart · **Tue Sep 02, 2003 10:34 pm**

We don't have technology to go FTL. It does not matter what sort of ship it is or how big it is. Something like the phoenix is more realistic.

Lt.BirdGod · **Thu Sep 04, 2003 9:09 pm**

Well said my friend, well said!

Kyre · Commodore Joined: 15 Mar 2002 Posts: 1263

Or build and launch from the moon. Loads of resources there, make your own fuel and shoot off into space at a fraction of the cost.

Lt.BirdGod · **Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:52 pm**

We would still have to get there, move all the equipment there, and launch from there.

Probably would cost more in retrospect.

EnsignParis · Lieutenant Commander Joined: 07 Sep 2001 Posts: 257

Kyre · Commodore Joined: 15 Mar 2002 Posts: 1263

Dax Orien · **Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:24 am**

Ack! Everything involves capital. Man I really hate money.

mr_glyn · **Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:39 am**

Why start with a huge ship. Why not create something that has a crew of around 10/20 then i'll be more like a yaught then a huge ship much lighter too

Ensign H@rry K1m · Lieutenant Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 211

You would still need to take into account the effect of long term weightlessness.....unless you don't plan on coming back to earth?

webtaz99 · **Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:30 pm Re: Star Trek real life is possible now...**

Trekkie617 · **Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:17 pm**

You know they are actually working on antimatter now. There are many things scientists are developing and studying. It is only a matter of time until it can be full blown and ready for action. Go to Space.com. It'll tell you all.

PrankishSmart · **Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:22 pm**

Ok, well we may have a theoretical form of power to move FTL, but I don't even thing an engine is theoretical, yet.

Paul Marshall · **Sat Jan 24, 2004 10:59 pm**

Sonic74205 · **Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:10 pm**

actually phasers and shields exist at this very moment...there crap but they do exist and there is a regenerative space propulsion technology that exists... its a crap version of impulse and its not very fast but it exists
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Sonic74205 · **Wed Feb 04, 2004 2:14 pm**

also there going to build a real starship, not a space shuttle like what already exists but a real space ship, i think they start building nect year and it is schedualed to be finished in 25 years, its being built in space and its apparently going to travel to mars and use people to investigate (apparently) thats supposed to be its first mission!