100 Great Spaceships

[ulthar]

57. Interceptors from "UFO"

[Oldskool138]

It's no moon...it's

57. The Death Star

[Dennis]

#55) the Pan American Airlines Orion from "2001 A Space Odyssey"

 

[peter johnson]

Red Dwarf!!
Red Dwarf!!
* * *
Someone earlier was going on about how big the ship in Spaceballs was -- pffft!

RED DWARF was so huge that it sucked a passing planetiod into itself due to its staggering mass -- The planetoid then became part of the ship itself!!  Over 500 main decks, not counting sub-decks, bays, Starbug, and all its other accoutrementes --

Can someone please find and post a picture of this fine ship?

peter lister/denny cat

[ghouck]

Red Dwarf is currently #77, but here's a picture:



They do speak of it being so massive on the show, but in the intro you can see the letters on the side are only 30-40 feet tall. They never say it, but I believe the ship itself is a spacial anomoly, being several thousand times bigger on the INSIDE than it is on the OUTSIDE.

BTW, it's suppose to be a MINING ship, , but I don't recall what they actually MINE.

[Cthulhu]

Okay, here's a "great" spaceship for 54.

It's from the unbelievably cheesy "Pirx kalandjai". Unfortunately, I don't know it's name.

[AnubisVonMojo]

In the not too distant future (somewhere in time and space), Mike Nelson and his robot pals are caught in...

No.53 - The Satellite of Love

[AndyC]

52. The Vulture, from ABC's movie of the week (and short-lived series), Salvage-1. Cheesy to be sure, but it nonetheless captured the imaginations of many geeky kids in 1979. And who wouldn't love a single-stage, reusable moon rocket cobbled together from scrap vehicles and government surplus missile components by Andy Griffith?

[Zap Rowsdower]

  #51 

    Surprised I haven`t seen this one yet.  The Romulan Warbird!!!   From TNG , I think.

[Andrew]

50.  The hammerheads from "Space: Above and Beyond"

[Dennis]

#49) Buck Rogers Starfighter

[JaseSF]

#48) ROCKETSHIP X-M

[Hammock Rider]

Did someone say SPACE WINNEBAGO????!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE8gTI8cYUw&feature=related

[peter johnson]

Ghouck --
You know, you're right about the not knowing what the hell they're mining bit, re. Red Dwarf -- I don't even think that's mentioned in the book, either -- you just sort of accept the statement at face-value that they "mine".
I dunno about the 40ft. estimate for the letters -- they look bigger than that to me, but your remark about the spatial warping inside makes sense!
Also, as they spent at least 3 seasons on Starbug, I'd like to nominate Starbug for #46, if we're doing the Space Winnebago for #47.
Can you find a postable picture of Starbug?
peter johnson/denny crane

[ghouck]

the 40 ft estimate is compared to the person painting the hull of the ship in the intro, , it might be more, , but it looks like the person is about the same height as the thickness of the lines that make up the letters. It's surely NOT the 6 kilometers in diameter I've seen claimed. I'll get a picture of Starbug up when I get home. Do you want a picture of Starbug 1 or Starbug 2?