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Does Star Trek’s USS Enterprise Design Make Sense?

We welcome to the cave designer and illustrator Matt Cushman, the artist behind some of our favorite science fiction cutaway illustrations from Star Trek and Star Wars. Matt shares with Adam his new massive cross-section poster of the original USS Enterprise, sized as large as the original 11-foot filming model.

We scrutinize the details of this incredible piece and learn all the ways Matt made sense of the interior layout based on what was shown in the original series episodes!

“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTZTJHBCAs 21 minutes.

The bridge itself should be buried deep within the ship with massive armoured bulkheads protecting it.
No need for it to be on top of the ship exposed directly to weapons fire.