Size Comparison of Sci-Fi Spaceships

[enisthemenace]

For the most part many of these ships have a nominal top and bottom. It always bothered me when I watched Star Wars or Star Trek that when ships approached each other they both always had the "top" of the ship oriented in the same way as the other ship(s) in the area. Up and down have no meaning in space so why would they miraculously be oriented the same way in the void of space.

The Millenium Falcon had no problem debunking this. Also, couldn't it just be the camera angle? :smile:

 

[GTO]

The Millenium Falcon had no problem debunking this. Also, couldn't it just be the camera angle? :smile:

^ This. I would hate to have to watch the show upside down!

 

[fccy]

"Sir, it's coming up on the radar now. It appears to be a ................ Winnebago."

A 1986 Chieftain. Before my time.

 

[CascadeClone]

IIRC in Independence Day they said the mothership was 1/4 the size of the moon. Maybe that was mass not volume, idk. You'd have to ask Jeff Goldblum to be sure.

Spaceball 1 WAS in there.

I was heartened to see several "rare" scifi shows on there. My question is: Nimbus III is there, but no Planet Express Ship?

 

[VTXCyRyD]

Not sure if already mentioned, but there was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation that introduced the Dyson sphere (it was the Scotty episode). While the Dyson sphere technically is not a ship, it has to take the cake for largest "created" structure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

Also did not include V'ger

 

[Dino]

Did anyone find the Event Horizon on the chart?

Yeah, its just above the Independence Day city destroyer.

 

[Dino]

For the most part many of these ships have a nominal top and bottom. It always bothered me when I watched Star Wars or Star Trek that when ships approached each other they both always had the "top" of the ship oriented in the same way as the other ship(s) in the area. Up and down have no meaning in space so why would they miraculously be oriented the same way in the void of space.

Yeah, and they also bank when turning and make sounds out in space. (except for 2001) I'm assuming it would be too jarring to the audience to make it true to life. Agree though, doesn't make sense.

 

[VeloClone]

Yeah, and they also bank when turning and make sounds out in space. (except for 2001) I'm assuming it would be too jarring to the audience to make it true to life. Agree though, doesn't make sense.

Two more words: Artificial gravity.

 

[GTO]

Yeah, its just above the Independence Day city destroyer.

Thanks, just found it!

 

[Dino]

Two more words: Artificial gravity.

That's another good one. At least Babylon 5 addressed it in a more realistic way than a "field generator" or something.