Was starship Enterprise designed by a NASA engineer?!


Question: Was starship Enterprise designed by a NASA engineer!?
I seem to recall an article sometime ago about Star Trek!. The article stated that the winning design of the starship was submitted to Lucille Ball for an exciting "new" science fiction series by a NASA engineer in the spring of 1966!. I was wondering if there is any truth to this story!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


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Star Trek is a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry which aired from September 8, 1966 through September 2, 1969!. 79 episodes were produced!. After the show was cancelled, it was placed in syndication, where it spawned a strong fan following and later achieved iconic status as a worldwide television phenomenon!.

Bay area Creature Feature host John Stanley in his memoir I Was a TV Horror Host relates how Desilu head Lucille Ball at that time "single-handedly kept Star Trek from being dumped from the NBC-TV lineup!." [2] During the show's second season, the threat of cancellation loomed!.[3] The show's devoted fanbase conducted an unprecedented letter-writing campaign, petitioning NBC to keep the show on the air!.[4] Its fans succeeded in gaining a third season; however, NBC subsequently moved the show to the Friday Night Death Slot at 10 PM!.[5] Gene Roddenberry resigned as line producer of Star Trek before the start of the final season to protest the changed timeslot, and was replaced by Fred Freiberger!. NBC then substantially reduced Star Trek's budget which brought about a marked decline in the quality of many third season episodes!.[
A longtime fan of science fiction, in 1960 Roddenberry put together a proposal for Star Trek, a science fiction television series set on board a large interstellar space ship dedicated to exploring the galaxy!. Some influences Roddenberry noted were A!. E!. van Vogt's tales of the Space Beagle, Eric Frank Russell's Marathon stories, and the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet!. Parallels have also been drawn with the 1954 TV sci-fi series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, a much less sophisticated space opera that nevertheless included many of the elements -- organization, crew relationships, missions, elements of bridge layout, and even some technology -- that made up Star Trek

Roddenberry's production staff included art director Matt Jefferies!. Jefferies designed the Enterprise; his contribution was commemorated in the so-called Jefferies tube, which became a standard part of the (fictional) design of Federation starships!. Jefferies' starship concepts arrived at a final saucer-and-cylinders design that became a template for all subsequent Federation space vehicles!. Jefferies also developed the main set for the Enterprise bridge (based on an original design by Pato Guzman) and used his practical experience as a WWII airman and his knowledge of aircraft design to come up with a sleek, functional, ergonomic bridge layoutWww@Enter-QA@Com

No!. It was designed by a studio model designers Find the book Trouble With Tribbles which follows the background of the (then) amateur writer of the show and discusses many of the core people involved in the show!. Proably in the library
http://cgi!.ebay!.com/TROUBLE-WITH-TRIBBLE!.!.!.
or do a searchWww@Enter-QA@Com

none of these people seem to know!.

Yes it was NASA but i dont know who!.

They were trying to figure out the perfect look for the bridge of the enterprise and NASA consulted them on their view of what it might best look likeWww@Enter-QA@Com

Yes, and I bought the Millenium Falcon on eBay!.Www@Enter-QA@Com



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