Comments on: The Top 10 Spaceships: A Tale of Thrusters and Heat Shields http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Thu, 10 May 2012 13:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: scribejay http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-2/#comment-6863 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:40:55 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-6863 Sounds like a lot of people agree with your #1 and #2 choices. I know I certainly do.

Funny how the two top entries are both constant maintenance projects.

]]> By: thecrankyfuturist http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-2/#comment-4586 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:53:00 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4586 Borg Tactical Cube from Voyager FTW!

]]> By: warmiga http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-2/#comment-4187 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:56:07 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4187 I agree 100% with the Tardis winning first place!

May I humbly submit one of my all-time favorite starships for discussion?

Nell, from Battle Beyond the Stars. One look and the reason should be obvious…

]]> By: Kristin http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-2/#comment-4136 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:44:35 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4136 I definitely agree with the Tardis as #1 and the Millennium Falcon as #2.

grape_crush, I always thought that scene in Spaceballs was parodying “2001″ (you know that shot that’s like 15 minutes long, panning along Discovery 1?)

A little disappointed that Serenity and the Borg Cube didn’t make the top ten. And come on, Heart of Gold (Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy) didn’t even make the runners-up list? I would have put that at #3!

]]> By: dpullen17 http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4135 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:41:35 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4135 Finally some gets the nuance of what the Tardis is. The simplicity of the design still allows it to be anything at anytime. It’s the only spacecraft (time craft?) that has not had to be re-imagined because it was all imagination.

It will show my age, but to me the Thunderbird vehicles and the original series Colonial Vipers from Battlestar defined spacecraft for all time. I’m still waiting for NASA to build them.

]]> By: Villafranca http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4101 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:12:16 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4101 C’mon, no mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind?! Tsk tsk…

]]> By: tereglith http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4097 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:34:41 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4097 I think that TARDIS was a well-deserved first, and the Falcon an extremely well-deserved second.

Borg Cube at 11, very nice. Is the Nebulon B the mon-cal cruiser? I’m too lazy to go on wookiepedia right now. Anyway, the Slave 1 is cooler than the mon-cal cruiser.

]]> By: Steven James Snyder http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4096 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:27:54 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4096 As I promised – here were the runners-up

25. Alien Spaceship, The Day the Earth Stood Still
24. Pod, Planet of the Apes (2001)
23. Event Horizon, Event Horizon
22. Colonial Viper, Battlestar Galactica (1978)
21. U.S.S. Enterprise, Star Trek (the original series)
20. Slave 1, Empire Strikes Back
19. Spaceball One, Spaceballs
18. Nostromo, Alien
17. Eagle Transporter, Space: 1999
16. Serenity, Firefly
15. Monolith, 2001
14. UD4L Cheyenne Dropship, Aliens
13. Nebulon-B Frigate, Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi
12. Tie Fighter, Star Wars
11. Borg Cube, Star Trek the Next Generation

]]> By: shobiz29 http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4081 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:23:42 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4081 Froggy is on point! Everyone knows the most feared ship in a galaxy far far away is Slave I.

]]> By: thecrankyfuturist http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4075 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:45:02 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4075 No love for Space:1999 with regards to the Eagles?

Considering the visuals and designs for the show were kin to 2001:A Space Odyssey.

And on another note, loved the JJ Abrams “remade” Enterprise in “Star Trek” as well.

Oh and lets not forget Ron D. Moore and David Eick’s rebooted Battlestar Galactica.

]]> By: froggy http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4066 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:36:45 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4066 I had mulled over the gunstar as well, but thought I had made enough suggestions already, lol.

]]> By: alaskanturkey http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4043 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:35:18 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4043 If they count, the “Batteries Not Included” robot spaceship things should definitely be on here.

]]> By: grape_crush http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4041 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:31:43 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4041 I’ll take a Gunstar with Death Blossom, anyday.

Hey-hey! Look at what I found! A spaceship for everyone…

]]> By: froggy http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4036 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:01:08 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4036 oooh… the ships from close encounters!

]]> By: froggy http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4035 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:36:50 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4035 what about the “Eagle” from space 1999. those cargo lunar ships they used.

]]> By: Peter Ha http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4034 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:30:44 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4034 I lobbied for Eagle V and Serenity.

]]> By: froggy http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4033 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:20:48 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4033 Serenity should have been in there,
Event Horizon,
Battle star Galactica (either original or new, but I think the new one kicked ass)
Moya from farscape.

]]> By: hobbcore http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4032 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:19:30 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4032 Not sure if it should make the top 10 but is a good honorable mention in my opinion. The Event Horizon. Sure it messed with your mind but it was pretty cool.

]]> By: Steven James Snyder http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4031 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:30:31 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4031 jsnyde, i don’t know what your family’s like, but mine would appreciate the sexual innuendo.

FOR THE RECORD: I seriously thought of listing the Monolith as a ship. I really did.

And bias towards 2001? That’s like saying a bias towards Mozart. Or Picasso. Brilliant art is brilliant art, there’s no denying it.

]]> By: Steven James Snyder http://techland.time.com/2009/12/16/the-top-10-spaceships-a-tale-of-thrusters-and-heat-shields/comment-page-1/#comment-4030 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:29:32 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=8268#comment-4030 grape_crush – yep, Spaceballs almost made the list too.

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