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[bulldogtrekker]

Make it so: Chinese building looks just like Star Trek's USS Enterprise
Pete Pachal ,Mashable

We already know history will never forget the name Enterprise, but now architecture won't either.



There's a building in China that looks almost exactly like the USS Enterprise from Star Trek.Drone footage .... shows how a relatively conventional-looking building from the ground dramatically transforms into a regal starship when viewed from the air.

Lest you think this is visual trickery done via Holodeck or CGI, the starship/building is clearly visible on Google Maps.



Our tipster explained to us that the building is the headquarters of NetDragon Websoft, a Chinese gaming and mobile Internet company. And it's no Chinese knock-off: Company Chairman Liu DeJian is reportedly an uberTrekkie, licensing from CBS the rights to build an Enterprise replica. Construction began in 2008 and was finished in 2014; the project cost $160 million total.

The building is the only officially licensed Star Trek building on the planet (you had your chance, Las Vegas). Besides its otherworldly shape, the building contains a replica display of a T-Rex dinosaur named Stan discovered in South Dakota in 1987, 30-foot metal slides that provide instant access to the ground floor from the third floor, and automatic sliding gates between each working area.

It's a fantastic homage to the Star Trek franchise, but which Enterprise is it? At first glance, the building looks closest to the Enterprise-E seen in the later Next Generation movies, but there are hints of the Enterprise-D and the starship design from the J.J. Abrams reboot movies......Imgur

YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbl45otRBiw

LINK to full story:
http://mashable.com/2015/05/19/enterprise-building-star-trek/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

[Bud Brewster]

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What a beautiful building! Who would have believed the basic Enterprise structure could be turned into such a great-looking standing structure?

Thanks for posting this.
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[Bud Brewster]

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Here's the title of the Time magazine article about this beautiful building.

This $100-Million Building Looks Exactly Like Star Trek's Enterprise

The intent may have been to have the building resemble the Enterprise, but it actually looks much more like the Voyager. After all, the nacelles are level with the saucer section, and the saucer is oval-shaped instead of round.

Even the raised area on the back half of the saucer section resembles a feature which Voyager has, but Enterprise does not.









What do you guys think?



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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)