It's an interesting idea to think in this scale, but the proposal of "build the enterprise" is simply flawed. Building complex machines is hard. Why would we wa

It's an interesting idea to think in this scale, but the proposal of "build the enterprise" is simply flawed. Building complex machines is hard. Why would we waste time trying to apply arbitrary constraints which are based on what an artist 60 years ago thought a spaceship might look like? As a way of catching the attention of the public and getting some energy behind large scale space exploration, there might be a little merit. Unfortunately the person making the proposal is clinging to the idea that actually building the enterprise is a good idea. It's not. If instead of this they had actually said "Build the enterprise", and on clicking through to the site, the first thing you read was "Not really, but here are all these great reasons for large scale space exploration. Let's get behind this.", then it might have actually gained some traction. As it is, anyone with a grain of knowledge about the complexities of building large scale projects will instantly dismiss this as the scifi fan fantasy that it ultimately is. It's unfortunate that the guy is apparently an electrical engineer. It gives some credibility to the idea which it doesn't really deserve.