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Making the Enterprise Fly

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No, not that one. This one. USS Enterprise pic: courtesy Wikipedia/US Navy

I want to see the USS Enterprise fly, but I'm curious how it would be accomplished in any realistic fashion.

Now, the world I'm building that needs a flying Enterprise has some advantages that might help us. Gravity is at 0.6 Earth Standard, and the atmosphere is considerably more dense. (Let's say 50% more)

  • How could this be done in the field? (using scavenged parts not necessarily only from the Enterprise herself)
  • How could it be done with the benefit of a full shipyard? (with the full technological and industrial might of the US Navy)

Note that I am aware of the relation between gravity and atmospheric density. This world gleefully ignores it for... reasons.

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