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December 24, 2009
To boldly go where no man had gone before
Are you ready to get your geek on? This is a fitting companion piece to the previous post, which showed you the entire known universe. A Japanese fan has produced what I believe to be the first radio-controlled model of the Starship Enterprise. Not having mastered the intricacies of antigravity -- and lacking the aerodynamic qualities needed for sub-orbital maneuvering -- the modeler has done the next best thing and figured out how to "fly" it in a swimming pool.
You do know that NASA trains its astronauts for spacewalks by putting them in their spacesuits and dropping them in water, don't you?
As the blogger over at Gizmodo noted, the only problem with the 1/350 scale model is the lack of "PEW! PEW!" noises.
Posted by Mike Lief at December 24, 2009 07:39 AM
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If you want to see something visually stunning, go see Avatar. You won't believe your eyes.
Posted by: Orion at December 25, 2009 07:42 AM