# Question about the Boeing Plant **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170 "2020-08-27T18:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cjackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/1 "2020-08-27T18:17:15Z")
Is there anywhere I can find a comparison of the size of Boeing’s Everett plant with a Galaxy class starship from Star Trek? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/2 "2020-08-27T18:29:47Z")
Here’s some info on the dimensions of the Everett facility, from an article on HowStuffWorks. The smallest dimension is its height, at 90 feet. Also, its biggest doors are 82 feet high, by 350 feet wide. > **[Boeing's Everett Facility Is the Largest Building on Earth](https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/boeings-everett-facility-is-largest-building-on-earth.htm)** > > With 36,000 workers, it has its own fire department, banks, day care facilities, medical clinic and water treatment plant. According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701-D)), the dimensions of a _Galaxy_-class starship, like the Enterprise-D, are: - Length: 2108 feet - Width: 1521.4 feet - Height: 443.8 feet So, Everett is _way_ too short to build a _Galaxy_-class ship, and even if it wasn’t, you’d never get the ship out of the door. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/3 "2020-08-27T18:37:25Z")
So, you could build the Everett Boeing plant inside the enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/4 "2020-08-27T19:19:49Z")
And then you could build Disneyland inside that! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/5 "2020-08-27T19:23:09Z")
It’s like a turducken! Maybe it’s an Entevdis: a Disneyland, stuffed inside an Everett plant, stuffed inside an Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/6 "2020-08-27T19:27:54Z")
One of my favorite aviation factoids: the Wright Brothers’ longest flight in December 1903 was shorter than a Boeing 747! ---
**Author:** ![cjackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/7 "2020-08-27T19:37:35Z")
I had in mind length and width when I thought about the comparison. Is it possible to overlay a scaled Galaxy class drawing on top of the plant in Google Earth? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/8 "2020-08-27T19:44:15Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > So, Everett is _way_ too short to build a _Galaxy_ -class ship, and even if it wasn’t, you’d never get the ship out of the door. When Boeing built the B-52 at their old Plant 2 at Boeing Field, they had to put a hinge on the tail because the roof in that facility was too low. So if you wanted to build a Galaxy Class starship in Everett, would it work if they built the saucer and lower sections separately, and then connected the two sections outside the plant? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/9 "2020-08-27T19:50:11Z")
I took a tour there. From the balcony, I could see a tiny plane off in the distance, by the door. Turned out it was a 747. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/10 "2020-08-27T19:53:56Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > So if you wanted to build a Galaxy Class starship in Everett, would it work if they built the saucer and lower sections separately, and then connected the two sections outside the plant? Probably not. If the total height of a Galaxy-class is 440 feet, and the doors at Everett are 82 feet tall, any particular component that you built there could be no more than 20% or so of the total height of the finished ship. Based on what [a Galaxy-class looks like](https://www.herocollector.com/Content/ArticleImages/c33519ab-aeab-4889-bfed-79642efb47da.jpg), and the relative sizes of the saucer section and secondary hull, I’d guess that the saucer section, by itself, is at least 1/3 as tall as the height of the total ship, and the secondary hull is even taller. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/11 "2020-08-27T19:59:05Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s like a turducken! Maybe it’s an Entevdis: a Disneyland, stuffed inside an Everett plant, stuffed inside an Enterprise. At Taco Town! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/evUWersr7pc/maxresdefault.jpg "Taco Town - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUWersr7pc) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/12 "2020-08-27T20:09:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > One of my favorite aviation factoids: the Wright Brothers’ longest flight in December 1903 was shorter than a Boeing 747! A similar factoid - Kirk’s entire Enterprise is shorter than the Galaxy-class saucer section. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/13 "2020-08-28T01:14:54Z")
Not only was the Wright brothers’ flight shorter than a 747, but the entire flight could have fit inside the cargo bay of a C-5. Which, relevant to this thread, is also called a Galaxy. On the other hand, a Samsung could very easily fit inside any of the afore-mentioned facilities. ---
**Author:** ![cjackson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/14 "2020-08-28T20:33:15Z")
[https://i.imgur.com/XElkwyy.png](https://i.imgur.com/XElkwyy.png) That’s the Boeing Plant compared with Nimitz class carriers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-boeing-plant/919170/15 "2020-08-30T04:26:30Z")
Looks like they’ve got some elbow room.