WELCOME TO STARSHIP DIMENSIONS...

A Museum of Speculative Fiction inspired Spaceships

NEWS JUNE 28 2008

Cloverfield Monster!
- Check out this 153 meter monstrosity on our 1 meter per pixel page!

NEWS MARCH 18 2008

- Some sad news today, one of our favorite Science Fiction Authors, Arthur C. Clarke, has passed away at the age of 90.
He is in many ways one of the inspirations for this site, Rama being one of our favorite starship concepts. Here he is quoted as saying: "If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run--and often in the short one--the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative." I hope we can continue as a species to prove him right.

- We have also decided to add the DEXTRE Robot to our site today. No, DEXTRE is not a Science Fiction character, it is rather an amazing scientific achievement, one that adds validity to Clarke's quote and is hopefully a taste of things to come. It can be seen on the Characters page, as well as on the 10 pixels per meter page.

NEWS FEBRUARY 5 2008

Special Blog Update!
- Read our interview with Martin Bower; famous SciFi modeler! Martin has worked on many popular shows and movies, like Alien, Blake's 7, Space 1999 and more!

NEWS AUGUST 1 2008

Check out the SciFi Character Page!
This page is devoted to aliens and robots from some of our favorite SciFi sources. This is only the begining for this page and there are lots of characters yet to be added. We thought it was about time to compare some of the creatures inside the starships!

NEWS FEBRUARY 14 2007

Special Blog Update!
- Read our interview with Robert Zimmerman - author and space historian.

NEWS FEBRUARY 11 2007

Update!
- Added Tardis 10 Pixel per meter page

Brand New..
Starship Dimensions Captain's BLOG !!
Tiny but growing source for interesting science and science fiction stuff!

NEWS AUGUST 3 2006

Update!
- Added Event Horizon to the 10 Meter Per Pixel page

NEWS APRIL 20 2006

Some updates!
- Added Serenity to the 1 Meter Per Pixel and 10 Pixels Per Meter pages,
- Added the Star Wars Sando Sea Monster to the 1 Meter Per Pixel page,
- Updated the Imperial Super Star Destroyer length to reflect the official size (Finally : )) Have Fun! 

ABOUT THIS SITE

This site is intended to allow science fiction fans to get an impression of the true scale of their favorite science fiction spacecraft by being able to compare ships across genres, as well as being able to compare them with contemporary objects with which they are probably familiar. 

The scales are based on meter-to-pixel ratios so that they are accurate on any platform. The background grid is divided into groups of ten, and larger groups of one hundred pixels, to allow for easy measurement. 

This site is only intended to compare the actual physical dimensions of the starships herein, and makes no claims as to any other aspect of these ships (firepower, speed, etc.). Each genre is worthy of respect in its own right and no preference is given to any one genre. If you are interested in a certain vessel/being, I encourage you to view to film or read the books in which they originally appeared in all their glory. In time, I will provide the source information with each vessel to make it easier to find these sources.

The charts are intended to be interactive such that Internet explorer users may click and drag the starships within the charts to arrange them in whichever way they please. I am working on incorporating the same feature for Netscape and other web browser users. The site is very Graphics intensive by nature and therefore is targeted towards a higher bandwidth connection (DSL, etc). It will likely bog down dialup connections.

We have gathered many of the starship images from various sources on the web included in my LINKS page, plus some I have drawn from scratch. This site is a constant work in progress, you will have to check back often to catch the latest changes and additions.

Above all, this site is intended as an homage to the many great people who have created these ideas for us to enjoy, so Enjoy!

  

 

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