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| crew = 430<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-2.jpg |title=Star Trek Blueprints – General Plans Constitution Class: U.S.S. Enterprise |accessdate= September 27, 2016 |publisher=[[CBS Television Studios|CBS Paramount]] |quote=The standard compliment is 43 officers and 387 crew members |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060102114951/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-2.jpg |archivedate= January 2, 2006 |df= }}</ref> |
| crew = 430<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-2.jpg |title=Star Trek Blueprints – General Plans Constitution Class: U.S.S. Enterprise |accessdate= September 27, 2016 |publisher=[[CBS Television Studios|CBS Paramount]] |quote=The standard compliment is 43 officers and 387 crew members |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060102114951/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-2.jpg |archivedate= January 2, 2006 |df= }}</ref> |
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| auxcraft = 7×7 man shuttlecraft<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-4.jpg|title=Wayback Machine|date=6 December 2006|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=16 September 2017|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206123918/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-4.jpg|archivedate=6 December 2006|df=}}</ref> |
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| armaments = [[Weapons in Star Trek#Photon torpedo| |
| armaments = 2 x [[Weapons in Star Trek#Photon torpedo|electromagnetic launch photon torpedo tube]] <br/>3 x [[Weapons in Star Trek#Phaser|twin phaser bank]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/sftm/01-04-10.jpg|format=JPG|title=Class 1 Heavy Cruiser Plans|website=Cygnus-x1.net|accessdate=2017-09-16}}</ref> |
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| defense = Multiple [[Force_field_(fiction)|force field deflector grids]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-1.jpg|title=Wayback Machine|date=6 December 2006|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=16 September 2017|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206123903/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-1.jpg|archivedate=6 December 2006|df=}}</ref> |
| defense = Multiple [[Force_field_(fiction)|force field deflector grids]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-1.jpg|title=Wayback Machine|date=6 December 2006|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=16 September 2017|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206123903/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-1.jpg|archivedate=6 December 2006|df=}}</ref> |
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| propulsion = [[Impulse drive| |
| propulsion = 4 x dual [[Impulse drive|impulse power units]] <br/> 2 x [[Warp drive|space warp propulsion units]]<ref name="archive.org"/> |
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| power = [[List_of_Star_Trek_materials#Energy_sources|Dilithium-focused]] [[Antimatter|matter/anti-matter]] reaction chamber |
| power = [[List_of_Star_Trek_materials#Energy_sources| Dilithium-focused]] [[Antimatter| matter/anti-matter]] reaction chamber |
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| length = {{convert|288.646|m}}<ref name="archive.org"/> |
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'''USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)''' is a [[starship]] in the fictional ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe. It is main setting of [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original ''Star Trek'' television series]] (1966–1969) and several ''Star Trek'' films, and it has been depicted in various franchise spinoffs, films, books, products, and fan-created media. The ''Enterprise'' and its crew's mission is "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chakoteya.net/movies/movie2.html|title=Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Transcript|publisher=[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]|accessdate=2017-10-23|quote="Space, the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before."}}</ref> |
'''USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)''' is a [[starship]] in the fictional ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe. It is main setting of [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original ''Star Trek'' television series]] (1966–1969) and several ''Star Trek'' films, and it has been depicted in various franchise spinoffs, films, books, products, and fan-created media. The ''Enterprise'' and its crew's mission is "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chakoteya.net/movies/movie2.html|title=Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Transcript|publisher=[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]|accessdate=2017-10-23|quote="Space, the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new lifeforms and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before."}}</ref> |
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The ''Enterprise'' is a ''Constitution'' class [[Cruiser|Heavy Cruiser]]<ref name="auto"/> that serves as a part of [[Starfleet]], which is the [[United Federation of Planets]]' space-borne [[Peacekeeping| peace-keeping]] force.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-4.jpg |title=Star Trek Blueprints – General Plans Constitution Class: U.S.S. Enterprise |accessdate=September 27, 2016 |publisher=[[CBS Television Studios|CBS Paramount]] |quote=The Heavy Cruiser Starship class is the main element of United Federation of Planets peace-keeping forces (...) Enterprise – NCC-1701 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614084201/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-blueprints-sheet-1.jpg |archivedate=June 14, 2013 |df= }}</ref> It is capable of [[Interstellar travel]] and serves intermittently as both a [[Patrol_boat| patrol craft]] and as a [[Research_vessel| deep-space exploration vessel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/1.htm|title=Star Trek "The Cage" transcript}}</ref> |
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The ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701) first appeared in [[Star Trek: The Original Series]], and also appears in the first three ''[[Star Trek]]'' films in a [[refit|refitted]] configuration that changed it's entire appearance. The original starship was destroyed in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' and from then on was replaced with the identical [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)|(NCC-1701-A)]]. |
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==Origin and design== |
==Origin and design== |
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While the three-foot model was lost during construction of a new model (the refurbished version seen in the first movie), the 11-foot model was donated by Paramount in 1974 to the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] For many years it hung at the entrance to one of its exhibit galleries in the [[National Air and Space Museum]] before being moved to the gift shop where it stayed for 14 years. In 2016 it underwent restoration<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/star-treks-uss-enterprise-boldly-go-back-workshop-180952633/|title=Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop|accessdate=2014-09-14}}</ref> and was unveiled in its new display position in the lobby of the Milestones of Flight Hall at NASM's 40th anniversary celebration on July 1, 2016, which roughly coincided with ''Star Trek''{{'}}s 50th anniversary.<ref>https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-starship-enterprise-television-show-star-trek</ref> <ref>https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-13/smithsonian-gives-uss-enterprise-honored-place-air-and-space-museum</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/visit/concessions/shops/enterprise.cfm|title=Original Starship ''Enterprise'' Model from the Star Trek TV Show|accessdate=2009-04-21|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413194413/http://www.nasm.si.edu/visit/concessions/shops/enterprise.cfm|archivedate=2009-04-13|df=}}</ref> |
While the three-foot model was lost during construction of a new model (the refurbished version seen in the first movie), the 11-foot model was donated by Paramount in 1974 to the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] For many years it hung at the entrance to one of its exhibit galleries in the [[National Air and Space Museum]] before being moved to the gift shop where it stayed for 14 years. In 2016 it underwent restoration<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/star-treks-uss-enterprise-boldly-go-back-workshop-180952633/|title=Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise to Boldly Go Back to the Workshop|accessdate=2014-09-14}}</ref> and was unveiled in its new display position in the lobby of the Milestones of Flight Hall at NASM's 40th anniversary celebration on July 1, 2016, which roughly coincided with ''Star Trek''{{'}}s 50th anniversary.<ref>https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-starship-enterprise-television-show-star-trek</ref> <ref>https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-13/smithsonian-gives-uss-enterprise-honored-place-air-and-space-museum</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasm.si.edu/visit/concessions/shops/enterprise.cfm|title=Original Starship ''Enterprise'' Model from the Star Trek TV Show|accessdate=2009-04-21|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413194413/http://www.nasm.si.edu/visit/concessions/shops/enterprise.cfm|archivedate=2009-04-13|df=}}</ref> |
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[[Greg Jein]] created a model of the original ''Enterprise'' for the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Trials and Tribble-ations]]" (1996). Jein's model was built to be exactly half the size of the larger of the two original models, and later appeared in the 1998 ''Star Trek'' wall calendar. In addition, a [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] model of the ship makes a brief [[cameo appearance]] at the end of the final episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', "[[These Are the Voyages...]]" (2005), and another CGI version was created for remastered episodes of the original ''Star Trek'', based on the model in the Smithsonian.{{ |
[[Greg Jein]] created a model of the original ''Enterprise'' for the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Trials and Tribble-ations]]" (1996). Jein's model was built to be exactly half the size of the larger of the two original models, and later appeared in the 1998 ''Star Trek'' wall calendar. In addition, a [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] model of the ship makes a brief [[cameo appearance]] at the end of the final episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', "[[These Are the Voyages...]]" (2005), and another CGI version was created for remastered episodes of the original ''Star Trek'', based on the model in the Smithsonian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Trials_and_Tribble-ations_(episode)#Combining_the_past_with_the_present|title=Combining the past with the present|accessdate=2018-08-23|quote=''The original Enterprise, now in the Smithsonian museum exhibit, had been refurbished and altered slightly over the years. Knowing that fans would inspect every minor detail of this episode for consistency, the staff consulted sketches made for the original series and had a special set of plans made for the new model's construction. They even inspected it with a magnifying glass to ensure that everything was perfect.''}}</ref> [[Greg Jein]] had already been working on a new model of the [[USS Excelsior (Star Trek)|USS ''Excelsior'']] for the "Flashback" episode of ''Voyager'' when he saw the test footage for "Trials and Tribble-ations". He promised to make a new model of the ''Enterprise'' too, but warned that he didn't know when he would have time to do it. He actually started work on it immediately, and together with his colleagues he not only built a {{convert|5.5|ft|m}} long model of the ''Enterprise'' that was the first to be built of the original ''Star Trek'' starship in more than 30 years.<ref name=erdmann383>[[#erdmannblock2000|Erdmann & Block (2000)]]: p. 383</ref> |
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===Refit configuration=== |
===Refit configuration=== |
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| name = USS ''Enterprise'' |
| name = USS ''Enterprise'' |
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| image = [[File:S02-battle_in_the_mutara_nebula.png]] |
| image = [[File:S02-battle_in_the_mutara_nebula.png]] |
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| caption = The |
| caption = The refitted ''Enterprise'' at the battle of the Mutara Nebula |
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| first = ''[[Star Trek The Motion Picture]]'' (1979) |
| first = ''[[Star Trek The Motion Picture]]'' (1979) |
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| last = ''[[Star Trek III The Search for Spock]]'' (1996) |
| last = ''[[Star Trek III The Search for Spock]]'' (1996) |
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| launched = 2270 |
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| captained = Admiral James T. Kirk, Captain Spock |
| captained = Admiral James T. Kirk, Captain Spock |
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| class = '' |
| class = ''Enterprise''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg |title=Star Trek: The Motion Picture Official Blueprints |accessdate=September 13, 2016 |publisher=[[CBS Television Studios|CBS Paramount]] |quote=The refitted ''Enterprise'' is more powerful than any vessel in Starfleet because of its linear inter-mix chamber, which not only boosts the magnatomic-initiator stage of the new nacelles, but also fires directly into the deflection crystal of the new nacelles. (...) |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070206042551/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg |archivedate= February 6, 2007 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-6.jpg |title=Star Trek: The Motion Picture Official Blueprints |accessdate=September 13, 2016 |publisher=[[CBS Television Studios|CBS Paramount]] |quote=Normally patrolling in "packs" of three, the cruisers are deadly for a single Federation starship. The new Enterprise class, however, promises to even those odds. |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070206042551/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-6.jpg |archivedate= February 6, 2007 |df= }}</ref> |
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| registry = NCC-1701 |
| registry = NCC-1701 |
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| crew = 530 |
| crew = 530 |
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| maxspeed = [[Warp drive#Warp velocities|Warp]] 12<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-3.jpg|title=Star Trek The Motion Picture 14 official blueprints - sheet 3|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516143044/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-3.jpg|archivedate=2007-05-16|df=}}</ref> |
| maxspeed = [[Warp drive#Warp velocities|Warp]] 12<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-3.jpg|title=Star Trek The Motion Picture 14 official blueprints - sheet 3|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516143044/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-3.jpg|archivedate=2007-05-16|df=}}</ref> |
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| auxcraft = [[Shuttlecraft (Star Trek)|Shuttlecraft]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-10.jpg|title=Star Trek The Motion Picture 14 official blueprints - sheet 10|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406004039/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-10.jpg|archivedate=2007-04-06|df=}}</ref> |
| auxcraft = 5 x Mark VIII Long Range [[Shuttlecraft (Star Trek)|Shuttlecraft]] with [[Warp drive| warp drive sled]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-10.jpg|title=Star Trek The Motion Picture 14 official blueprints - sheet 10|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406004039/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-10.jpg|archivedate=2007-04-06|df=}}</ref> |
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| armaments = [[Weapons in Star Trek#Photon torpedo|Photon |
| armaments = 2 x [[Weapons in Star Trek#Photon torpedo|electromagnetic launch Photon Torpedo tube]] <br/> 6 x [[Weapons in Star Trek#Phaser|twin phaser bank]] <br/> 6 x single [[Weapons in Star Trek#Phaser|phaser]]<ref name="auto1"/> |
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| defense = Multiple [[Force_field_(fiction)|Force Field Deflector Grids]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg|title=Star Trek The Motion Picture 14 official blueprints - sheet 1|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206042518/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg|archivedate=2007-02-06|df=}}</ref> |
| defense = Multiple [[Force_field_(fiction)|Force Field Deflector Grids]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg|title=Star Trek The Motion Picture 14 official blueprints - sheet 1|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206042518/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-1.jpg|archivedate=2007-02-06|df=}}</ref> |
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| propulsion = [[Impulse drive|Impulse |
| propulsion = 1 x dual [[Impulse drive|Impulse power unit]] with impulse deflection crystal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-2.jpg|title=Star Trek The Motion Picture 14 official blueprints - sheet 2|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406004027/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/star-trek-the-motion-picture-sheet-2.jpg|archivedate=2007-04-06|df=}}</ref> <br/> 2 x [[Warp drive|Space Warp Propulsion Units]]<ref name="auto1"/> |
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| power = [[Antimatter| |
| power = linear intermix [[Antimatter| matter/anti-matter]] reaction chamber |
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| length = 304.8 meters (1000 ft)<ref name="auto1"/> |
| length = 304.8 meters (1000 ft)<ref name="auto1"/> |
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In the 2009 film ''Star Trek'', ''Enterprise'' makes its first appearance in an altered timeline while it is still under construction in a planetside yard in [[Riverside, Iowa|Riverside]], Iowa in 2255. Captain Christopher Pike ([[Bruce Greenwood]]) commands ''Enterprise'' on its maiden voyage in 2258 to respond to a distress call from [[Vulcan (Star Trek planet)|Vulcan]] although command later shifts to Commander Spock ([[Zachary Quinto]]) and, by film's conclusion, Kirk ([[Chris Pine]]) is promoted to [[Starfleet ranks and insignia|captain]] and receives command of the Federation's flagship as his first assignment out of the academy. This version of the ship, like the movies it appeared in, was controversial for being a radical departure from the original.{{ |
In the 2009 film ''Star Trek'', ''Enterprise'' makes its first appearance in an altered timeline while it is still under construction in a planetside yard in [[Riverside, Iowa|Riverside]], Iowa in 2255. Captain Christopher Pike ([[Bruce Greenwood]]) commands ''Enterprise'' on its maiden voyage in 2258 to respond to a distress call from [[Vulcan (Star Trek planet)|Vulcan]] although command later shifts to Commander Spock ([[Zachary Quinto]]) and, by film's conclusion, Kirk ([[Chris Pine]]) is promoted to [[Starfleet ranks and insignia|captain]] and receives command of the Federation's flagship as his first assignment out of the academy. This version of the ship, like the movies it appeared in, was controversial for being a radical departure from the original.<ref name="controversy">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/new_enterprise_comment.htm|accessdate=2018-08-23|title=The New Enterprise Design|publisher=ex astris scientia}}</ref> The re-imagined ''Enterprise'' appears in both 2013's ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'' and 2016's ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]'', where it is destroyed. |
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The ''Enterprise'' is seen in the final scene of the ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'' first-season finale, with [[Christopher Pike (Star Trek)|Captain Christopher Pike]] being mentioned in the same scene, suggesting their presence in the second season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tvline.com/2018/02/11/star-trek-discovery-spoilers-season-2-enterprise-christopher-pike-spock/|title=We Ask the Star Trek: Discovery EPs What the Finale's Throwback Ending Means for Season 2|last=Nemetz|first=Dave|date=2018-02-12|work=TVLine|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en-US}}</ref> |
The ''Enterprise'' is seen in the final scene of the ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'' first-season finale, with [[Christopher Pike (Star Trek)|Captain Christopher Pike]] being mentioned in the same scene, suggesting their presence in the second season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tvline.com/2018/02/11/star-trek-discovery-spoilers-season-2-enterprise-christopher-pike-spock/|title=We Ask the Star Trek: Discovery EPs What the Finale's Throwback Ending Means for Season 2|last=Nemetz|first=Dave|date=2018-02-12|work=TVLine|access-date=2018-02-12|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*The ship's hull design was tested at hypersonic velocity by using the [[University of Queensland]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20140205053343/http://hypersonics.mechmining.uq.edu.au/x2 |X2 Super-Orbital Expansion Tube] using [[Holographic interferometry]], and found that at Mach 5 speed, the [[Bow_shock_(aerodynamics)|bow shocks]] pass comfortably outside the other sections of the vehicle without experiencing "shock-shock" interactions (where one shock wave hits another directly in front of the body of the aircraft, which can be catastrophic for structural integrity).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/lp/lasdiag/enterp.php|title=U.S.S. Enterprise Aerodynamics and Reentry Test|publisher=[[University of Queensland]]|accessdate=2017-10-23|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907183557/http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/lp/lasdiag/enterp.php|archivedate=2017-09-07|df=}}</ref> |
*The ship's hull design was tested at hypersonic velocity by using the [[University of Queensland]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20140205053343/http://hypersonics.mechmining.uq.edu.au/x2 |X2 Super-Orbital Expansion Tube] using [[Holographic interferometry]], and found that at Mach 5 speed, the [[Bow_shock_(aerodynamics)|bow shocks]] pass comfortably outside the other sections of the vehicle without experiencing "shock-shock" interactions (where one shock wave hits another directly in front of the body of the aircraft, which can be catastrophic for structural integrity).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/lp/lasdiag/enterp.php|title=U.S.S. Enterprise Aerodynamics and Reentry Test|publisher=[[University of Queensland]]|accessdate=2017-10-23|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907183557/http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/lp/lasdiag/enterp.php|archivedate=2017-09-07|df=}}</ref> |
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*The ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [https://web.archive.org/web/20160910170905/http://cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints/sftm/01-06-10.jpg command bridge design] was considered for use by the [[United States Navy]] due to the efficiency of its style and layout, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20171024163344/https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6c/e8/f5/6ce8f5bf0dcd63ebcbe52c2b8b07b78a--us-navy-ships-bridge-design.jpg has been emulated] in functional [[Bridge_(nautical)|Bridge]] designs.<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Ballantine Books|first=Stephen|last=Whitfield|author2=Gene Roddenberry |date=September 1968|title=The Making of Star Trek}}</ref> More precisely, the layout of task stations caused the Navy to rethink the division of labor for managing rapidly changing information: the helmsman focuses on immediate steering requirements, navigator plans helmsman's next actions, the captain plans strategy while looking over the shoulders of both. Without visual distraction, the captain is told from behind about engine status, weapons status, and fleet communications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcs2/Pages/LCS2%27sStreamlinedDesignCouldBecomeFleet%27sNewStandard.aspx|title=LCS 2's Streamlined Design Could Become Fleet's New Standard|accessdate=October 24, 2017|publisher=[[U.S. Navy]]|year=2017|author=[[Navy Times]]|quote="Visitors to Independence's pilot-house see many resemblances to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, including two side-by-side command chairs with their own computer keyboards, a third chair behind them for overseeing the ship's activity, and more consoles for engines, weapons and sensors in the back of the pilothouse. The ship's captain has a fourth chair, of his own, on the starboard side, with a monitor for the ship's vital information."|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007223930/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcs2/Pages/LCS2%27sStreamlinedDesignCouldBecomeFleet%27sNewStandard.aspx#.We9Ys1uPL3g|archivedate=October 7, 2017|df=}}</ref> The design has also been emulated for [[Operations_room|Combat Information Centers and Ship's Mission Centers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/capable-full-autonomy-we-go-inside-stealth-destroyer-usn-griffin|title=Capable of full-autonomy, we go inside the stealth destroyer uss Zumwalt|accessdate=October 17, 2016 |publisher=[[Global Futurist]] |year=2016 |author=Matthew Griffin|quote="The SMC looks like a miniature version of a war room at the Pentagon and works in a similar fashion to the bridge seen on Star Trek. Gone are the purpose built heavy consoles used in a ship’s dark and cramped CIC, such as those still found today aboard AEGIS combat system equipped cruisers and destroyers. In their place the new SMC is entirely re-configurable and features streamlined consoles and workstations running on an incredibly powerful array of custom-built software and advanced off the shelf hardware."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/5343/the-navys-new-stealth-destroyer-has-watered-down-capabilities-questionable-future|title=The Navy's New Stealth Destroyer|accessdate=October 24, 2017|publisher=[[The Drive]]|year=2016|author=Tyler Rogoway|quote="The nerve-center of the ship is also new. Gone is the classic low-ceilinged and vault-like Combat Information Center (CIC) of AEGIS equipped destroyers and cruisers. In its place is the SMC, the Ship’s Mission Center, which looks more like a starship command center than something found on a surface combatant."|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024171155/http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/5343/the-navys-new-stealth-destroyer-has-watered-down-capabilities-questionable-future|archivedate=October 24, 2017|df=}}</ref> |
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*The ''Enterprise''{{'}}s bridge design was evaluated by the [[United States Navy]] due to the efficiency of its style and layout.<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Ballantine Books|first=Stephen|last=Whitfield|author2=Gene Roddenberry |date=September 1968|title=The Making of Star Trek}}</ref> |
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*[[Build the Enterprise|At least one website has been created that proposes a functional spacecraft with a hull layout similar to the ''Enterprise'']] could be constructed and used as a fully functioning interplanetary craft, and could - according to the author - be built with current technology in as little as twenty years from the time of his writing. The intention of his proposal is to expand the US Space Program to potentially gain a permanent foothold in deep space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildtheenterprise.org/|title=Build The Enterprise|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> <ref name="NBC First">{{cite web|last=Atkinson|first=Nancy|title=Spaceship Enterprise in 20 years? Beam me up!|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/47396187/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/spaceship-enterprise-years-beam-me/#.UxpcBEtX_Ww|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=7 March 2014}}</ref> <ref name=HP>{{cite web|last=Palis|first=Courteney|title=Engineer Wants Us To Build Real-Life Starship Enterprise|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/real-life-starship-enterprise_n_1514372.html|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref> The website was launched in May 2012.<ref name="NBC First"/> It gained widespread recognition after the story was covered by the major news corporations [[NBCNews]],<ref name="NBC First"/> [[Huffington Post]],<ref name=HP>{{cite web|last=Palis|first=Courteney|title=Engineer Wants Us To Build Real-Life Starship Enterprise|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/real-life-starship-enterprise_n_1514372.html|publisher=The Huffington Post|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref> and [[Mail Online]].<ref name="Mail Online">{{cite web|last=Wrenn|first=Eddie|title=Let's build the Enterprise! Star Trek fan unveils bold plan to make Captain Kirk's space ship within 20 years|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2144147/Lets-build-Enterprise-Star-Trek-fan-unveils-bold-plan-make-Captain-Kirks-space-ship-20-years.html|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> On December 22, 2012, BTE Dan created a [[petition]] on the [[White House|White House's]] [[We the People (petitioning system)|We the People]] website. The petition stated that [[NASA]] should do a [[feasibility study]] of the project.<ref name=Petition>{{cite web|author=BTE Dan|title=Official BuildTheEnterprise White House Petition Started Today!|url=http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/official-buildtheenterprise-white-house-petition-started-today|publisher=BTE Blog|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> A petition on the website requires 25,000 signatures in 30 days to merit the attention of the White House<sup>1</sup>. However, the petition only received 7,200 signatures.<ref name="Dead NBC">{{cite web|last=Boyle|first=Alan|title=It's dead, Jim: White House petition to build Starship Enterprise fizzles|url=http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/23/16665671-its-dead-jim-white-house-petition-to-build-starship-enterprise-fizzles?lite|publisher=NBC News|date=January 23, 2013|accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref> |
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USS Enterprise | |
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First appearance | "The Cage" |
Information | |
Affiliation | United Federation of Planets |
Launched | 2245[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class | Constitution[2] |
Registry | NCC-1701 |
Armaments | 2 x electromagnetic launch photon torpedo tube 3 x twin phaser bank[3] |
Defenses | Multiple force field deflector grids[4] |
Propulsion | 4 x dual impulse power units 2 x space warp propulsion units[5] |
Power | Dilithium-focused matter/anti-matter reaction chamber |
Length | 288.646 metres (947.00 ft)[5] |
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) is a starship in the fictional Star Trek universe. It is main setting of the original Star Trek television series (1966–1969) and several Star Trek films, and it has been depicted in various franchise spinoffs, films, books, products, and fan-created media. The Enterprise and its crew's mission is "to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before".[7]
The Enterprise is a Constitution class Heavy Cruiser[2] that serves as a part of Starfleet, which is the United Federation of Planets' space-borne peace-keeping force.[2][8] It is capable of Interstellar travel and serves intermittently as both a patrol craft and as a deep-space exploration vessel.[9]
The Enterprise (NCC-1701) first appeared in Star Trek: The Original Series, and also appears in the first three Star Trek films in a refitted configuration that changed it's entire appearance. The original starship was destroyed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and from then on was replaced with the identical (NCC-1701-A).
Origin and design
Original configuration
Star Trek art director Matt Jefferies was the primary designer of the original Starship Enterprise. Jefferies' experience with aviation led to his Enterprise designs being imbued with what he called "aircraft logic".[11] The final interior plans of the Enterprise were designed by Franz Joseph in 1974, with approval from both Gene Roddenberry and Paramount Pictures, six years after Star Trek had been cancelled. The plans heavily referenced both episodes of Star Trek and Matt Jefferies' design.[12][13]
The ship's "NCC-1701" registry number stemmed from "NC" being one of the international aircraft registration codes assigned to the United States; the second "C" was added as Soviet aircraft used "CCCC" and Matt Jeffries combined the two as he believed a venture into space would be a joint operation by the United States and Russia.[14] According to The Making of Star Trek, "NCC" is the Starfleet abbreviation for "Naval Construction Contract", comparable to what the U.S. Navy would call a hull number.[15] The "1701" was chosen to avoid any possible ambiguity; according to Jefferies, the numbers 3, 6, 8, and 9 are "too easily confused".[16] Other sources cite it as a reference to the house across the street from where Roddenberry grew up,[17] while another account gives it as the street address of Linwood Dunn.[18] Jefferies' own sketches provide the explanation that it was his 17th cruiser design with the first serial number of that series: 1701.[19] The Making of Star Trek explains that "USS" should mean "United Space Ship" and that "Enterprise is a member of the Starship Class".[15] The ship's class was officially changed to Constitution Class with the release of Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual in 1975, even though all previous references identify it as Starship Class.[2]
The first miniature built for the pilot episode "The Cage" (1965) was unlit and approximately 33 inches (0.8 m) long, commonly referred to as "the three foot model". This model was constructed almost entirely of wood and was made by Richard C. Datin in his shop. It was eventually modified during the course of the series to match the changes made to the larger model before and after shooting of the second pilot, and appears on-set in "Requiem for Methuselah" (1969) after some damage sustained in storage had been partially repaired. The second miniature built for the original pilot measures 11 feet 3.5 inches (3.4 m) long[20] (the 11-foot model) and was built by a small crew of model makers (Volmer Jensen, Mel Keys and Vernon Sion) supervised by Richard C. Datin, working out of Jensen's model shop in Burbank, California (although the larger base components were subcontracted to a shop with a large lathe). It was initially filmed by both Howard A. Anderson and Linwood G. Dunn at Dunn's Film Effects of Hollywood facility, who also re-filmed later more-elaborate models of the ship, generating a variety of stock footage that was used in later episodes.[citation needed]
Initially, the models were static and had no electronics. For the second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966), various details of the 11-foot model were altered, and the starboard window ports and running lights were internally illuminated. When the series was picked up and went into production, the model was altered yet again. These alterations included the addition of translucent domes and blinking lights at the forward ends of the engine nacelles, smaller domes at the stern end of the engine nacelles, a shorter bridge dome, and a smaller deflector/sensor dish. Save for re-used footage from the two pilot episodes, this was the appearance of the ship throughout the series, except for some detail added to nacelles for shots used in "The Trouble with Tribbles".
Two small, three-inch models were also made for the episode Catspaw, one embedded in a block of Lucite, bringing the total number of models used to represent Enterprise during the original series to four.
While the three-foot model was lost during construction of a new model (the refurbished version seen in the first movie), the 11-foot model was donated by Paramount in 1974 to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. For many years it hung at the entrance to one of its exhibit galleries in the National Air and Space Museum before being moved to the gift shop where it stayed for 14 years. In 2016 it underwent restoration[21] and was unveiled in its new display position in the lobby of the Milestones of Flight Hall at NASM's 40th anniversary celebration on July 1, 2016, which roughly coincided with Star Trek's 50th anniversary.[22] [23] [24]
Greg Jein created a model of the original Enterprise for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (1996). Jein's model was built to be exactly half the size of the larger of the two original models, and later appeared in the 1998 Star Trek wall calendar. In addition, a CGI model of the ship makes a brief cameo appearance at the end of the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, "These Are the Voyages..." (2005), and another CGI version was created for remastered episodes of the original Star Trek, based on the model in the Smithsonian.[25] Greg Jein had already been working on a new model of the USS Excelsior for the "Flashback" episode of Voyager when he saw the test footage for "Trials and Tribble-ations". He promised to make a new model of the Enterprise too, but warned that he didn't know when he would have time to do it. He actually started work on it immediately, and together with his colleagues he not only built a 5.5 feet (1.7 m) long model of the Enterprise that was the first to be built of the original Star Trek starship in more than 30 years.[26]
Refit configuration
USS Enterprise | |
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First appearance | Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979) |
Last appearance | Star Trek III The Search for Spock (1996) |
Information | |
Affiliation | United Federation of Planets Starfleet |
Launched | 2270 |
General characteristics | |
Class | Enterprise[27][28] |
Registry | NCC-1701 |
Armaments | 2 x electromagnetic launch Photon Torpedo tube 6 x twin phaser bank 6 x single phaser[29] |
Defenses | Multiple Force Field Deflector Grids[30] |
Propulsion | 1 x dual Impulse power unit with impulse deflection crystal[31] 2 x Space Warp Propulsion Units[29] |
Power | linear intermix matter/anti-matter reaction chamber |
Length | 304.8 meters (1000 ft)[29] |
The refit Enterprise that appears in the first three Star Trek films was initially designed by Matt Jefferies, based on an early design he had made of a hypothetical Enterprise refit for the original Star Trek,[33][34] and reworked for the scrapped Star Trek: Phase II TV series.[35] While Andrew Probert and Richard Taylor often take credit for the design,[36][37] the changes they actually made compared to Jefferies' original designs largely amount to minor detail alterations.[38][39]
Michael Minor, Gene Roddenberry, Joe Jennings, Douglas Trumbull, Harold Michaelson, and Jim Dow contributed in part to the final look of Enterprise, while Jim Dow was in charge of building the model and created all the molds and structural processes.[40][41] Paul Olsen[42] painted the distinct "Aztec" paint scheme to provide an additional level of detail for the film screen, and to suggest the notion of interlocking panels providing tensile strength to the hull.[43] The 8-foot (2.4 m) model was re-used as the USS Enterprise-A in the fourth, fifth, and sixth Star Trek films. Foundation Imaging created a CGI model of the ship for the "Director's Edition" release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture to add footage envisioned but never shot by director Robert Wise.
2009 reboot
USS Enterprise | |
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First appearance | Star Trek (2009) |
Last appearance | Star Trek Beyond (2016) |
Information | |
Affiliation | United Federation of Planets Starfleet |
Launched | 2258 |
General characteristics | |
Registry | NCC-1701 |
Armaments | Photon torpedoes Phasers |
Defenses | Deflector shields |
Propulsion | Impulse engines Warp drive |
Power | Matter/antimatter |
Enterprise was redesigned for the 2009 Star Trek film. Director J. J. Abrams wanted Enterprise to have a "hot rod" look while retaining the traditional shape, but otherwise afforded Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) "tremendous" leeway in creating the ship. Perhaps the most notable change was in the large engine nacelles, seen attached to the main body. The change applied a sleeker finish and shape to the otherwise simple nacelles of the previous ship.[45] Concept artist Ryan Church's initial designs were modeled and refined by set designer Joseph Hiura. This design was then given to ILM for further refinement and developed into photo-realistic models by Alex Jaeger's team.[46] ILM's Roger Guyett recalled the original Enterprise being "very static", and added moving components to the film's model.[45] ILM retained subtle geometric forms and patterns to allude to the original Enterprise.[45] The computer model's digital paint recreates the appearance of "interference paint", which contains small particles of mica to alter the apparent color, used on the first three films' model.[45] The initial redesign of Enterprise was notably larger than the original Enterprise and was projected to be 367 meters length and between 170 and 180 meters wide but the final version used in the films was upscaled to be at least 700 meters length and 330–350 meters wide.
Depiction
Built between 2243 and 2245 in the original Star Trek timeline, Starfleet commissioned the Enterprise in 2245.[1] In Star Trek, the ship's dedication plaque lists it as "Starship Class"; however, with the release of Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual in 1975, the ship was renamed "Constitution class", even though all previous references identify it as "Starship Class".[2] This is confirmed by episode dialogue in "Relics", a Next Generation episode which refers to the vessel as a "Constitution class" starship.
Star Trek: The Animated Series states that Robert April is Enterprise's first commanding officer. After April, Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter) commands Enterprise for about a decade, and Pike is the commanding officer in the (originally un-aired) pilot "The Cage". Throughout the first Star Trek television series, Captain James T. Kirk commands the ship on a five-year mission of exploration. Before the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Enterprise undergoes an 18-month refit overseen by its new commanding officer, Willard Decker (Stephen Collins). In early scenes of the film, Decker describes the refit to Admiral Kirk as "an almost totally new Enterprise". Star Trek novels and the semi-official fan-produced internet series Star Trek: New Voyages (and the abortive planned TV series Star Trek: Phase II) depict a second five-year exploratory mission under Kirk's command between the events of the first and second films.
Spock (Leonard Nimoy) commands Enterprise, serving as a training ship, at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), but Kirk assumes command when the ship investigates problems with Project Genesis. USS Reliant, hijacked by Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), inflicts substantial damage to Enterprise; Spock sacrifices his life to save the ship. Shortly after returning to spacedock at the beginning of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Enterprise is marked for decommissioning. Kirk leads his officers in stealing the ship in an attempt to restore Spock's life. In the process, they are attacked by Klingons inflicting mortal damage on the ship; to even the odds and gain a tactical advantage, Kirk is forced to destroy Enterprise by activating its self-destruct system.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) opens with Kirk and his officers agreeing to return to Earth to face judgment for their actions in the previous film. En route (in the Klingon vessel they had commandeered), they travel back in time to stop a probe threatening to destroy Earth. Upon the success of their mission and return to the 23rd century, the charges against the crew are dismissed. Admiral Kirk is "punished" with a demotion in rank to captain and is given command of Enterprise's successor, USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A.
In the 2009 film Star Trek, Enterprise makes its first appearance in an altered timeline while it is still under construction in a planetside yard in Riverside, Iowa in 2255. Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood) commands Enterprise on its maiden voyage in 2258 to respond to a distress call from Vulcan although command later shifts to Commander Spock (Zachary Quinto) and, by film's conclusion, Kirk (Chris Pine) is promoted to captain and receives command of the Federation's flagship as his first assignment out of the academy. This version of the ship, like the movies it appeared in, was controversial for being a radical departure from the original.[47] The re-imagined Enterprise appears in both 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness and 2016's Star Trek Beyond, where it is destroyed.
The Enterprise is seen in the final scene of the Star Trek: Discovery first-season finale, with Captain Christopher Pike being mentioned in the same scene, suggesting their presence in the second season.[48]
Scientific and cultural impact
The Starship Enterprise, and by extension, Star Trek as a franchise, has had considerable scientific and cultural impact.[49]
Science
- The ship's hull design was tested at hypersonic velocity by using the University of Queensland's |X2 Super-Orbital Expansion Tube using Holographic interferometry, and found that at Mach 5 speed, the bow shocks pass comfortably outside the other sections of the vehicle without experiencing "shock-shock" interactions (where one shock wave hits another directly in front of the body of the aircraft, which can be catastrophic for structural integrity).[51]
- The Enterprise's command bridge design was considered for use by the United States Navy due to the efficiency of its style and layout, and has been emulated in functional Bridge designs.[52] More precisely, the layout of task stations caused the Navy to rethink the division of labor for managing rapidly changing information: the helmsman focuses on immediate steering requirements, navigator plans helmsman's next actions, the captain plans strategy while looking over the shoulders of both. Without visual distraction, the captain is told from behind about engine status, weapons status, and fleet communications.[53] The design has also been emulated for Combat Information Centers and Ship's Mission Centers.[54][55]
- At least one website has been created that proposes a functional spacecraft with a hull layout similar to the Enterprise could be constructed and used as a fully functioning interplanetary craft, and could - according to the author - be built with current technology in as little as twenty years from the time of his writing. The intention of his proposal is to expand the US Space Program to potentially gain a permanent foothold in deep space.[56] [57] [58] The website was launched in May 2012.[57] It gained widespread recognition after the story was covered by the major news corporations NBCNews,[57] Huffington Post,[58] and Mail Online.[59] On December 22, 2012, BTE Dan created a petition on the White House's We the People website. The petition stated that NASA should do a feasibility study of the project.[60] A petition on the website requires 25,000 signatures in 30 days to merit the attention of the White House1. However, the petition only received 7,200 signatures.[61]
Culture
- In 1968, a write-in campaign caused the owners of Star Trek, the first television series to depict the Starship Enterprise, to reverse their decision to cancel the show after its second season.[62]
- In 1976, another write-in campaign led to the first space shuttle being named Enterprise rather than Constitution.[63]
- In 1974, the Smithsonian accepted the donation of the primary model of the Starship Enterprise used in filming the original series, for display at its National Air and Space Museum – the first and only artifact at the nation's most visited museum that depicts a fictional craft.[64]
- The original Enterprise appears on a commemorative stamp released by the United States Postal Service.[65]
- The Canadian town of Vulcan, Alberta, created a 31-foot model starship inspired by Star Trek's Enterprise.[66]
- The operations aboard Enterprise have been used as an analogy for practices in human resources management.[67]
- In 2009, Virgin Galactic named its first commercial spaceship VSS Enterprise in honor of the Star Trek vessel.[68]
Minutiae
The Enterprise was originally going to be named Yorktown (as seen in series creator Gene Roddenberry's first outline drafts of the series).[40]
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I laid the drawing out, scaled and sized it, and made a drawing of the Enterprise. Next I devised the Dreadnought, made a drawing of one of the uniforms, and about twelve drawings in all. They were drawn on the format I'd already devised for the Technical Orders. I sent a copy of the T.O.'s for the Dreadnought and the Enterprise to Gene Roddenberry on June 3rd, told him what I was doing, and inquired about proprietary rights. I got a letter in reply immediately, stating there was no problem with the proprietary rights, that he liked what I was doing, and wanted me to proceed...So I sent him copies of some fourteen T.O.'s I'd made to date and I got a very enthusiastic letter back. He said he'd never seen anything like that before and he wanted to see more of it. So I started collecting Star Trek material in order to be able to make the T.O.'s.
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I had told Gene I didn't feel comfortable trading on someone else's original idea, but he insisted the Manual would be a real asset to the memorabilia. I told him I'd stay with the theme he'd developed, explained the errors and what I'd planned to do about them, and also offered to send any major changes to him for approval before using them. This way, since the subject was dead, I didn't think I'd be hurting anything he'd accomplished. I wasn't interested in science fiction, or the Star Trek TV series. My interest was in the interplanetary community, how much we actually knew about its potentiality, and the true science and technology as it would exist in that time period. I wasn't interested in watching the TV reruns although I saw every episode maybe 50 times or so, just to confirm a single detail of something I was going to put in the Manual.
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The original Enterprise, now in the Smithsonian museum exhibit, had been refurbished and altered slightly over the years. Knowing that fans would inspect every minor detail of this episode for consistency, the staff consulted sketches made for the original series and had a special set of plans made for the new model's construction. They even inspected it with a magnifying glass to ensure that everything was perfect.
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The refitted Enterprise is more powerful than any vessel in Starfleet because of its linear inter-mix chamber, which not only boosts the magnatomic-initiator stage of the new nacelles, but also fires directly into the deflection crystal of the new nacelles. (...)
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Normally patrolling in "packs" of three, the cruisers are deadly for a single Federation starship. The new Enterprise class, however, promises to even those odds.
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Visitors to Independence's pilot-house see many resemblances to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, including two side-by-side command chairs with their own computer keyboards, a third chair behind them for overseeing the ship's activity, and more consoles for engines, weapons and sensors in the back of the pilothouse. The ship's captain has a fourth chair, of his own, on the starboard side, with a monitor for the ship's vital information.
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