The E-D was built on the ground, don't see why The 1701 couldn't

[Qonos]

No, you're pretty much just arguing semantics here. The point was that the ISS was "assembled/built/constructed/glued together/whatever the hell you want to call it" in orbit of our planet with our comparatively primitive technology, without anyone's suit being torn or floating off into oblivion. Since these are facts not in question, it's plainly obvious that the point is valid and stands as made.

Assembly and construction are two different things...... but ultimately they are both called a build so the modules were built on earth and the build was finished in space. No need to argue now...

Just a little cut in your string of posts

Thanks I was getting lonely.. So lonely.. What's a poor klingon to do with no one to beat up...

 

[M'Sharak]

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Actually welding is one of the strongest ways to hold two metals together. That's why they are always working on new forms of welding like...
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THEY AREN'T SEPRERATE CANONS....

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Qonos, please let me indicate to you the Multi-Quote button at the lower right of each post. Clicking this button on each of several posts to which you wish to reply will allow you to put all of the replies (or to reply to several posts together, as I have done here) into a single post. In the board rules, it's stated that making several posts (more than two) in a row in a single thread may be considered spamming and is not encouraged.

As you're new, I'll leave it at that, but request that you make use of this function in the future.

Thanks, and welcome to the board!

 

[Qonos]

Yeah um, Multiquote doesn't help when you are slowly reading the post over a couple of hours..... That is the problem with long threads and a new board member during non-peek hours. I made my points as I was reading. (check the timestamps) the multiposts weren't intentional.. There was just nobody else on.

 

[M'Sharak]

Yeah um, Multiquote doesn't help when you are slowly reading the post over a couple of hours..... That is the problem with long threads and a new board member during non-peek hours. I made my points as I was reading. (check the timestamps) the multiposts weren't intentional.. There was just nobody else on.

I understand what you're saying. In that case, editing and adding the further replies to your previous post may be something for you to consider.

Anywhere on the board, though, three or more posts in a row by one person is going to get the same sort of attention and, if continued, may be considered spamming under the board rules. I'm just making sure you're aware of it.

 

[Qonos]

noted, and noted.
I was just giving my reason for how it happened.

 

[M'Sharak]

Okay, we're cool. Meanwhile, back at the topic...

 

[ST-One]

Okay, we're cool. Meanwhile, back at the topic...

Which topic? Mr. Probert spoiled it for us

 

[ancient]

Okay, we're cool. Meanwhile, back at the topic...

Which topic? Mr. Probert spoiled it for us

Oh, you know, the topic where some of us are concerned that Trek might loose its scientific credibility.

 

[ST-One]

Okay, we're cool. Meanwhile, back at the topic...

Which topic? Mr. Probert spoiled it for us

Oh, you know, the topic where some of us are concerned that Trek might loose it's scientific credibility.

Oh, That...

 

[Captain X]

It's made pretty clear in the trailer that at the very least, the secondary and primary hulls are already joined to each other by the interconnecting hull (the "neck"), and that the engineering hull has the pylons already joined to them. That kind of eliminates the idea that we were just seeing the components being constructed before they were launched into orbit. Then again, if you're willing to believe that the ship underwent a massive TMP style refit between its initial construction to what we saw in TOS, and then the refit we did see in TMP, then I'm guessing you might not have a problem with the idea of them putting everything together on the ground, then taking it all apart to launch the components into orbit before reassembling them there.

Of course this is completely ignoring that we actually saw the Utopia Planitia fleet yards with an empty Galaxy class frame being skinned with hull: screencap.

Watch American Choppers. The boys do alot of Test fitting, where they spot weld peices in place where rthey go and then break it down to be sent for finishing and then do the major welding (the permanent welds) when the pieces come back. So this could be something very similar. Spot welds to see if the pieces fit to speck or if they have to send a section back to be re-tooled so that it does fit. You know you don't want to launch a section twice.

You don't really do that with something as big as a ship though. Modern shipbuilding technique actually is to build the ship in sections and then to weld those sections together, but with computer design such as it is, they are able to build each section of even an aircraft carrier or a ship like the QM2 within such small tolerances that they are able to move the sections in with a crane and weld them together - and once they're welded, they're joined for good, which is why any mistakes during that process can be very costly. They actually had a show on a while back that showed how the QM2 was designed and built, it was most informative.