Voyager- A Landing Starship
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I found this article in a Star Trek info. site.
It is 1995 and the team is preparing for 'The 37's'-Voyager's first landing.
'Packing an articulated set of legs and footpads in a space only 13 feet high was something of a challenge. Everything had to neatly fold out and support some fraction of Voyager's 750,000 metric tons, the bulk of the mass held off the ground by impulse engine fields. Sternbach's initial sketches depict legs with a single footpad, but eventually a set of folding toes to distribute the pressure. Jefferies tube access to the ground was added, along with steps and handrails. While a full-size footpad couldn't be built for location shooting, miniature feet were fabricated for some static shots, and the 'real' gear deployment and touchdown was captured in computer animation. Since then, a few more previously unseen parts have been added to Voyager, like the complete warp core and the escape pods. It's hull has been torn up and covered in Borg plating, and totally destroyed. As Voyager continues on its trajectory back to Earth, it's difficult to imagine any other starship that has endured the hardships and survived. '
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Can you immagine the immensity of 750000 metric tons.
Empire State Building 365000 MTonns
Woolworth Building 223000 MTonns
John Hancock Building in Chicago 175,500 MTonns
Tallest Building in the world
Taipei 101 700000 MTonns
World Trade Center Tower 500000 MTonns
The only building that exceeds Voyager's mass is the World Trade Center at
1 million MTonns.
Voyager's mass is equal to 2000 Boeing 767's. If these were put end to end they would exceed 68 miles of airplane.
This implies it's impulse engines had to sit there at idle or the ship would sink Into the earth until it touched it's belly.
Is this Sexy?
It is 1995 and the team is preparing for 'The 37's'-Voyager's first landing.
'Packing an articulated set of legs and footpads in a space only 13 feet high was something of a challenge. Everything had to neatly fold out and support some fraction of Voyager's 750,000 metric tons, the bulk of the mass held off the ground by impulse engine fields. Sternbach's initial sketches depict legs with a single footpad, but eventually a set of folding toes to distribute the pressure. Jefferies tube access to the ground was added, along with steps and handrails. While a full-size footpad couldn't be built for location shooting, miniature feet were fabricated for some static shots, and the 'real' gear deployment and touchdown was captured in computer animation. Since then, a few more previously unseen parts have been added to Voyager, like the complete warp core and the escape pods. It's hull has been torn up and covered in Borg plating, and totally destroyed. As Voyager continues on its trajectory back to Earth, it's difficult to imagine any other starship that has endured the hardships and survived. '
End
Can you immagine the immensity of 750000 metric tons.
Empire State Building 365000 MTonns
Woolworth Building 223000 MTonns
John Hancock Building in Chicago 175,500 MTonns
Tallest Building in the world
Taipei 101 700000 MTonns
World Trade Center Tower 500000 MTonns
The only building that exceeds Voyager's mass is the World Trade Center at
1 million MTonns.
Voyager's mass is equal to 2000 Boeing 767's. If these were put end to end they would exceed 68 miles of airplane.
This implies it's impulse engines had to sit there at idle or the ship would sink Into the earth until it touched it's belly.
Is this Sexy?
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