A website launched last month called “Build the Enterprise.” It isn’t some cheesy fan fiction site or else I wouldn’t be posting about it here. The curator of the site claims that he’s an experienced electrical engineer from a Fortune 500 company and he legitimately thinks that if mankind pooled its resources, we could actually build a starship in the next 20 years. The plans for his Enterprise use the same basic shape as the ship from Gene Rodenberry’s science fiction show because it’s actually quite functional once you move a couple of things around. This “Gen 1 Enterprise” would house 1000 people, be run on a nuclear reactor and have ion propulsion. It’s really quite well thought out and planned to the point of having schedules and projected budgets. Check it out for yourself.

Sources: Build the Enterprise via IO9