And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Grandpa helped hang the left nacelle. He took me into work that day, I was only 8 but I clearly remember them having to be very careful not to damage the Warp Coils. And a few weeks later I went to work with him again as they tested the Warp Coils. I watched them glow for the very first time. It feels like it was just yesterday. But that was long ago.
The unions went on strike, and since there was a war looming with the Romulans, it was quickly torn down and trucked in pieces to the shipyards in San Francisco. The speed and professionalism of those workers convinced Starfleet to put its new headquarters there and the rest is history.
I always figured someday, some bright young Trekkie would build the central hub and bridge decks, then put in an enormous sloping circular concrete patio around it, paint the ship logo on it for the benefit of passing aircraft, and gradually save up for scaffolding to build the engine nacelles, then sit back and charge $5 a head for weekend lookie loos. Maybe even build out an entire deck as an AirBNB.
Has to be fake. I think the ship couldn't support its own weight in earths gravity, especially the engine pods.
ReplyDeleteBesides, I don't see any scaffolding.
It would be assembled in space - zero gravity.
DeleteThe Enterprise was built in sections at the San Francisco Navy Yard and assembled in orbit.
DeletePriceless, both of you. 🤣🤣
DeletePlus it’s not even close to its actual size.
MF
Probably some of that AI shit.
DeleteNo, it's not fake.
ReplyDeleteStill there, as a matter of fact.
That there is even a Question about the AwwthenTissitee of that picture is just Offfensive..
ReplyDeleteLimited public tours are available. The cost is $100.
ReplyDeleteTake care not to reverse the polarity of those crystals! That's for emergencies only.
ReplyDeleteTENNECO...has to be 40+ years old.
ReplyDeleteGrandpa helped hang the left nacelle. He took me into work that day, I was only 8 but I clearly remember them having to be very careful not to damage the Warp Coils. And a few weeks later I went to work with him again as they tested the Warp Coils. I watched them glow for the very first time. It feels like it was just yesterday. But that was long ago.
ReplyDeleteWonder if he met my uncle working on it? He spit shined those Jeffries Tubes till they looked like mirrors.
DeleteThe unions went on strike, and since there was a war looming with the Romulans, it was quickly torn down and trucked in pieces to the shipyards in San Francisco. The speed and professionalism of those workers convinced Starfleet to put its new headquarters there and the rest is history.
ReplyDeleteIn 2525, If man is still alive!
ReplyDeleteI always figured someday, some bright young Trekkie would build the central hub and bridge decks, then put in an enormous sloping circular concrete patio around it, paint the ship logo on it for the benefit of passing aircraft, and gradually save up for scaffolding to build the engine nacelles, then sit back and charge $5 a head for weekend lookie loos.
ReplyDeleteMaybe even build out an entire deck as an AirBNB.
If you build it, they will come.