Comments on: X-Ray Analysis of the Starship Enterprise http://blog.nasm.si.edu/restoration/x-ray-analysis-of-the-starship-enterprise/ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Happy 48th Birthday to the original Starship Enterprise! | The Fog of Ward http://blog.nasm.si.edu/restoration/x-ray-analysis-of-the-starship-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-97949 Happy 48th Birthday to the original Starship Enterprise! | The Fog of Ward Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:02:13 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=409#comment-97949 [...] Blog.NASM.edu: Restoration of the Starship Enterprise Blog.NASM.edu: X-Ray Analysis of the Starship Enterprise [...]

]]> By: Tom Strong http://blog.nasm.si.edu/restoration/x-ray-analysis-of-the-starship-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-7345 Tom Strong Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:14:10 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=409#comment-7345 It incorrectly assumed that the model was made of fiberglass. Instead the orig series filming model of the Enterprise was made mostly of vacuformed parts and rolled sheet metal for the nacelles. This was information I got directly from the the only living propmaker that worked on it. He worked at Production Models Shop, the place that built it. Their work there was generally work for companies that wanted concept products prototyped. They even worked on making prototype Polaroid camera bodies for evaluation. They did little very work for TV or movies.

]]> By: Guy Siverson http://blog.nasm.si.edu/restoration/x-ray-analysis-of-the-starship-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 Guy Siverson Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:14:25 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=409#comment-5046 I’m a long time follower of Star Trek. Perhaps not to the extent of its main fan club following, but I did schedule my life around it. Didn’t like the original series when I was young, but as an adult things changed.

It’s amazing to me how many items in Star Trek then are realistic to our lives today. Like communicators, I mean cell phones.

Do you know if their will be any further Star Trek series, or is that now an era gone by?

]]> By: Michael Spurlock http://blog.nasm.si.edu/restoration/x-ray-analysis-of-the-starship-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Michael Spurlock Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:02:17 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=409#comment-144 Utterly fascinating stuff.
Especially the x-rays.

For the first time, I feel like I can envision them building the filming model.

I remember thinking on the first day I walked into the gallery in 1976, “Was it really designed for hanging like that? I wonder how much it weighs?”

Didn’t stop me from lying on the floor and shooting pictures under it, though.

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