Engineer thinks we could build a real starship enterprise in 20 years
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 09:01
in Physics & Chemistry
In Star Trek lore, the first Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today, an engineer has proposed and outlined in meticulous detail building a full-sized, ion-powered version of the Enterprise complete with 1G of gravity on board, and says it could be done with current technology, within 20 years. We have the technological reach to build the first generation of the spaceship known as the USS Enterprise so lets do it, writes the curator of the Build The Enterprise website, who goes by the name of BTE Dan.