Ever since I first saw Star Trek I wanted that to be a reality?

Question

What kind of engineering would I need to take to be able to attempt to try and make that a reality? Ik that we are still years from being able to do that, I'm not deluded into thinking that I could make that rn since we still need to advance but I just want to know what engineering should I take to try and make that happen? Please don't poke fun at me I'm really interested and passionate about this

Answer 1

Pretty much, all technology that we have now - from cell phones to medical scanners - all started out as science fiction...

I'd suggest going into engineering - what kind is up to you... software, electronic, circuit design, aerospace - whatever your particular interest happens to be...

and start working on the future.



David Gerrold, (he wrote the original "Trouble with Tribbles" episode), wrote a book called the 'World of Star Trek" - and when the original series ran, they were constantly getting letters from companies demanding to know where they had heard of the technology they were developing... He said, 'As futuristic as we think the concepts of Star Trek is, the show finds it extremely difficult to stay 200 years ahead of today's technology...'

Answer 2

Wow. That is great. But reality is reality. It shouldn't lead to delusional reality.

Answer 3

Take your lick. ALL of the physicals science courses would be involved.

Answer 4

Warp drive, already working on. The theory was postulated back in 1994, and refined more in 2012 so the energy requirements are substantially reduced.



Impulse drive, basically they are fusion thrust engines. Nuclear engines or plasma engines are already being worked on, and it wouldn't surprise me that by 2063 we will have nuclear fusion reactors portable enough to thrust a million gross tonne starship.



Photon torpedoes, antimatter ballistic weapons like missiles. So except for the munitions, we already have.



Shields, we are developing magnetic shields that can protect the ship from interstellar radiation to bend particles away.



Phasers, no clue but more and more powerful lasers for the military are in the works.



Artificial gravity -- no clue, same with IDFs and SIFs.



Naviational deflector, it might be possible to give space dust an electric charge via -- say microwaves and the ship's magnetic shields can sweep them away.



Thrusters, some scientists have claimed to have developed metallic hydrogen, hydrogen that's super compressed and super cooled to were it becomes a metal that if the claim is right can be used for single stage rockets, in which a shuttle craft can take off and land without having to jettison anything or to maneuver a million gross tonne starship.



Building the million gross tonne starship, there are developments in carbon nanotubes where they are many times stronger than steel, which also means lighter. And if the ship is being built at a shipyard in either San Fransisco or Riverside Iowa, lifting it off would need either metallic hydrogen or fusion thrust plasma engines.

Answer 5

I won't make any comments about your interest in Star Trek except to say that I hope you realise that none of it is reality. It is fantasy, just like Shrek, Superman, Batman, or Pirates of the Caribbean, with everything done by actors, props and special effects. I do hope you realise this, you would be amazed how many people don't.



Doing engineering is a great idea. There are plenty of jobs for engineers, and there will be for some time, because structures have to be designed, built, tested, maintained and demolished. All of which require engineers, and when you consider the enormous number of engineering structures that are a part of the human environment, you realise just what a demand there is for engineers. A degree in engineering would be a very good choice at it will lead to ongoing well-paid work.



As for rocketry, note that there has been very little progress in half a century. It is a mature technology, so don't expect anyone to go tearing off to the stars. Still, engineers are required to design, test and build rockets for launching robotic satellites and deep space probes.



While on the subject of robotics, electronic engineering is also an excellent career to get into. Our civilisation now depends on a permanent fleet of Earth facing satellites which are in constant replacement and upgrade mode. You may find robotic engineering to be a suitably exciting career choice too.



Remember, the future is robotic. You can choose to be part of that future, or you can be left behind in the bygone days of manned spaceflight.



Cheers!

Answer 6

Any kind of engineering would be helpful. You just have to decide what you are interested in, electrical, chemical, structural, etc.....

We are getting closer to some of the tech envisioned, other items are already here. Those communicators are our cell phones. The reports the yeomen use to bring to Kirk, Ipads fill that function. Hyposprays are being used today.

Desk top monitors are everywhere. Scientists are working on a tricorder & cloaking devices. The future is here, now if we can only learn to get along.