Why not? It would craft it close enough while using materials to reclaim the past.
Spoilers Starship Design in Star Trek: Picard
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You keep thinking that.
That’s pretty cool.
No. Art (Starfleet) imitating Life (Star Trek)
Star Trek is an entertainment franchise. It's a very real thing. It employs hundreds of people and generates income for its owners. One that is currently trading on nostalgia, much like the fictional Starfleet.
There's a really big difference between todays Navy trying to recreate sailing ships from the past and Star Fleet redesigning their modern fleet with Starship Designs from their past.
That's like comparing an apple to an apple computer.
It doesn't make any sense.
Waterborne vessels will always retain some semblance of of a basic shape just because of the needed dynamics of moving though water. There's no getting around that.
But obviously wood is no longer the best material to use.
Spaceships can be any shape as long as there's enough room inside for the necessary equipment for them to function.
Star Fleet engineers still use pretty much the same materials for hulls, they've just made the accompanying electronic support systems stronger to accommodate the different hull shapes.
That's like comparing an apple to an apple computer.
It doesn't make any sense.
Waterborne vessels will always retain some semblance of of a basic shape just because of the needed dynamics of moving though water. There's no getting around that.
But obviously wood is no longer the best material to use.
Spaceships can be any shape as long as there's enough room inside for the necessary equipment for them to function.
Star Fleet engineers still use pretty much the same materials for hulls, they've just made the accompanying electronic support systems stronger to accommodate the different hull shapes.
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This thread warps past making sense.
Or at least what it devolved into.
Yup. Whatever justification can come up with for in universe the simple fact is Star Trek is trading on nostalgia and Starfleet is reflecting that attitude.
This is not a difficult idea.
No, it's just a silly one.
Humans tend to be silly in my experience.
Mileage may vary, depending on one's sense of humor.
Any resemblance between that ship and an ironclad is purely coincidental.
The ironclad was more reliable.
Do tell.
Classified even though I am retired.
Cost explosion and vulnerable to missile attacks. The original plan was to build 32 Zumwalt class destroyers but it was cut down to 3. Instead the Navy opted for continuing building Arleigh Burkes.
