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daggoth2122
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So I've been thinking for a bit about this idea for a large spaceship and just wanted others opinions.
Yes I know this ship nor anything close to it will be built in my lifetime but I can dream about it!
So I was thinking about taking the basic design of the Nimitz class aircraft carrier and obviously changing the design of it but keeping the basic ship. I was thinking about extending the thin bottom of the ship (sorry I'm not to technical when it comes to ships) to about half the width of the sides of the ship to give it more space. Just to point out but there will be four of these. Oh forgot to mention but this ship is kinda meant to be a manufacturing plant that would be sent out to the astroid belts (to pay off the freaking massive amount of debt it would create) to mine them for minerals, materials, research, and partly to build more spaceships. This will be accomplished by having four of the previously mentioned Nimitz carrier design. Each one will have a different function. One will be outfitted to process the astroids for whatever is needed be it water, metals, or whatever we would need. Another section would be made specifically to make the electronic parts and metals needed to create more ships. A third one will be used specifically for growing food and that one will be kept at temperatures and moistures specifically for the plants not people so they will grow more food. The fourth ship will be used for habitation. This one will essentially be a giant centrifuge to simulate gravity. The ship itself will have 4 feet thick steel plating (just work with me here) as well as 2 feet thick lead protection AND 2 feet of water and finally finish that off with 1 more foot of steel. This is all to ensure complete protection for everyone inside. now all four section will be centered off in just about a square about 400 feet across from each other leaving a massive open space in the center to create ships. There will be openings from the manufacturing part of the ship to the processing part to obviously allow the construction of ships. The forward part of the ship will not be a block but a bit more like a pyramid that can be opened when a ship is complete to let it out. Now for the power. The one reason why I choose the the Nimitz for the basic design is because of the nuclear reactors. Each section will create enough power to power everything it needs in that part and probably then some. Then about a quarter of the back of the manufacturing plant will have several more reactors (obviously contained as to not be a danger) that will produce power for the nuclear engines. Yes nuclear engines are the only realistic way for moving this big bastard. The inside of the manufacturing plant will also be armored just incase some freak accident happens and a ship blows up in there. Okay now to get this bastard off ground will probably be a lot simpler (but what the hell do I know). Just build several extremely large rockets to launch it up to space. I know it's far more complex then I realize but it's not impossible.
Okay I think that's it......what do you think? I know there will need to be quite a bit of research but overall is not most of this technically feasible as of now? I know this whole project would probably cost trillions upon trillions of dollars but other then that nothing is really stopping this from becoming reality?
Yes I know this ship nor anything close to it will be built in my lifetime but I can dream about it!
So I was thinking about taking the basic design of the Nimitz class aircraft carrier and obviously changing the design of it but keeping the basic ship. I was thinking about extending the thin bottom of the ship (sorry I'm not to technical when it comes to ships) to about half the width of the sides of the ship to give it more space. Just to point out but there will be four of these. Oh forgot to mention but this ship is kinda meant to be a manufacturing plant that would be sent out to the astroid belts (to pay off the freaking massive amount of debt it would create) to mine them for minerals, materials, research, and partly to build more spaceships. This will be accomplished by having four of the previously mentioned Nimitz carrier design. Each one will have a different function. One will be outfitted to process the astroids for whatever is needed be it water, metals, or whatever we would need. Another section would be made specifically to make the electronic parts and metals needed to create more ships. A third one will be used specifically for growing food and that one will be kept at temperatures and moistures specifically for the plants not people so they will grow more food. The fourth ship will be used for habitation. This one will essentially be a giant centrifuge to simulate gravity. The ship itself will have 4 feet thick steel plating (just work with me here) as well as 2 feet thick lead protection AND 2 feet of water and finally finish that off with 1 more foot of steel. This is all to ensure complete protection for everyone inside. now all four section will be centered off in just about a square about 400 feet across from each other leaving a massive open space in the center to create ships. There will be openings from the manufacturing part of the ship to the processing part to obviously allow the construction of ships. The forward part of the ship will not be a block but a bit more like a pyramid that can be opened when a ship is complete to let it out. Now for the power. The one reason why I choose the the Nimitz for the basic design is because of the nuclear reactors. Each section will create enough power to power everything it needs in that part and probably then some. Then about a quarter of the back of the manufacturing plant will have several more reactors (obviously contained as to not be a danger) that will produce power for the nuclear engines. Yes nuclear engines are the only realistic way for moving this big bastard. The inside of the manufacturing plant will also be armored just incase some freak accident happens and a ship blows up in there. Okay now to get this bastard off ground will probably be a lot simpler (but what the hell do I know). Just build several extremely large rockets to launch it up to space. I know it's far more complex then I realize but it's not impossible.
Okay I think that's it......what do you think? I know there will need to be quite a bit of research but overall is not most of this technically feasible as of now? I know this whole project would probably cost trillions upon trillions of dollars but other then that nothing is really stopping this from becoming reality?