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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] I would think that any ship would in theory be able to handle deep space exploration, but the question would be how well. After all, most of the great sailing expeditions were out for years, generally with much smaller crews than a Starfleet ship, and fewer amenities too. Lee’s musings on crew relationships make a lot of sense, the ship would need more space if it were to support civilians and extracurricular activities in a way that sailing ships never dreamed of. Heck, Riley’s bowling alley was probably an extravagance on the Constitution class. ;) So I think the most basic question is, how many people do you want to send out, and how much equipment should they bring? It'd be easy to send out a Daedalus-class ship to survey systems, have boots on the ground checking out a system, but they might not have room on board for a specialist in, say, astromycology to investigate the strange lifeform they encounter. How often would you need such a specific field of knowledge? How many specialists for different obscure fields would you want to bring along? And there’s the risk of them getting bored if there’s nothing that applies to their specialty. I think that’s the real impetus behind the Galaxy class... not the deep space exploration itself, but that it was the biggest concept yet to send everyone out there all in one ship, including with their families if they wanted. And to have lots more specialists to do their work during the initial exploration, rather than sending specialized follow-up missions. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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