Chip wrote:
"If anyone thinks otherwise, please post a picture here of a single real spacecraft or real aircraft that has design aspects which are "alien" to human history, and explain why. (Of course a funny picture is welcome, but doesn't answer the challenge.)" [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

LaserJock wrote:
How about this one?

http://www.starwars.com/databank/sta...dex_movie.html
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Chip:
[straight face] The Millennium Falcon from Star Wars doesn't actually go in space. (Star Wars is a science fiction movie.) Its a very nice movie prop. There are of course smaller and larger models used in the films, and there are break-away sets for close-ups, which show parts of the ship. The original design of the Falcon was rejected and later became the Rebel Blockade Runner that Princess Leia used at the beginning of the film. The asymmetry (cockpit on one side) layout of the Falcon was inspired by the (real, and actually flown) BV 141. It could however be argued that Santa Claus is real because there is proof that many kids requested models of the Millennium Falcon, and actually got them at Christmas time. [/straight face] :-|

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Chip on 2003-03-16 01:37 ]</font>