Which ship design do you like better, and why.
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:45
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Originally posted by FlatTop:
The oversized front end of the nacelles, tapering to the rear gives it the feel of funneling free hydrogen to the matter/anti-matter injectors/reaction containment area; a 50's concept hydrogen ram-jet.
As I understand it, the Bussard Ramscoop generates a funnel-shaped EM field that gathers up interstellar Hydrogen.
http://library.thinkquest.org/26030/noframes/warpnacelles.htm
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My Trek-gineering is a bit rusty though: Do the engines utilize collected free hydrogen? Do the nacelles produce thrust from the rear? Or is it strictly an internally generated field effect that is powered by the matter/anti-matter reaction? Or something more like current nuclear powered warships (reactor creates steam, steam drives a turbine, turbine spins the propellers & electrical generators)?
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/09/warp-drive-theoretically-possible/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light
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The original TV Enterprise (NCC-1701, no bloody A, B, C or D) nacelles are still the best in my book. 1960's and they already had the coolest effect on the front of 'em.
Absolutely! People make fun of TOS these days for the "plywood sets" (Ummm, ALL sets are made of plywood!) and the "cheesy" effects, but I wonder what they're comparing it to. Star Wars? Firefly? nuGalactica?
I always compared Star Trek to Lost in Space & Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and it was so much better in all departments!
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Are we, you, I and the rest purists?
Would that constitute a joke?
The laughing Chrisisall
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I like the top one 
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Will traveling at warp speed cause cancer ? Or sterilization ?
No way will we ever achieve light speed travel. The EPA and OSHA will never allow it. 
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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