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Probably, the cost would come down considerably from that, if we were to do it for real. Partly economies of scale - we wouldn't build just one, Star Fleet didn't so why should we? Partly because we wouldn't build the damn thing at the bottom of a gravity well. Use asteroid materials for the bulk of it and it's just a case of guiding them into earth (or lunar) orbit.
The real cost involved in building it will of course be packing all the consoles with high explosives the way Star Fleet always does...
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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OriginalGriff wrote: The real cost involved in building it will of course be packing all the consoles with high explosives the way Star Fleet always does...
I've recently watched most of the series's, and I agree, it's amazing just how many sparks and explosions their computers make.
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There's a reason Starfleet built the small (TOS) one first.
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If you get attacked by a shark, you'll probably be elected President of the USA and date 12 supermodels  [^]
Steve
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I C(++) therefore I am
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And yet your chances of being you at all are around 1 in 10,000,000,000 and you already did that. 
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage."
Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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So you're telling me there's a chance[^]? 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I'd also be a billionaire, dating as many supermodels as I'd like!
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I don't know why anyone would be attracted to a super model.
It would be like dating a burlap bag full of ax handles.
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MehGerbil wrote: I don't know why anyone would be attracted to a super model.
I dunno, this one[^] is pretty super!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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