CaptnDave
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I'm building a spacecraft intended for long-duration missions to outer planets with the capability to explore and study the moons of the destination planets.
I'm aiming for a fairly large ship with a crew of thirty, with an Improbable Ion Engine Drive with moderate (1-2G) impulse and high Isp. The ship would be powered by a nuclear fission or fusion reactor (likely fission for realism, unless fusion would be acceptable, given the improbable nature of the engine).
Anyways, less talk, more pictures (albeit untextured ones):
The command module and acceleration decks are in the central tube while the living compartments are located in the lower, curved deck. Fairly spacious accommodations are given due to the length of the mission(s). In the space above the accommodations deck is the consumables storage and ?hydroponics section?. An exterior elevator brings crew and supplies between the command module and the accommodations deck.
Directly behind the command module is a docking port for a DG or XR-sized vessel. "Above" the command module is the reactor. The truss extends a ways to the IEE drive.
The ship is approx 500m long.
Let me know what you think!
Hail
I'm aiming for a fairly large ship with a crew of thirty, with an Improbable Ion Engine Drive with moderate (1-2G) impulse and high Isp. The ship would be powered by a nuclear fission or fusion reactor (likely fission for realism, unless fusion would be acceptable, given the improbable nature of the engine).
Anyways, less talk, more pictures (albeit untextured ones):
The command module and acceleration decks are in the central tube while the living compartments are located in the lower, curved deck. Fairly spacious accommodations are given due to the length of the mission(s). In the space above the accommodations deck is the consumables storage and ?hydroponics section?. An exterior elevator brings crew and supplies between the command module and the accommodations deck.
Directly behind the command module is a docking port for a DG or XR-sized vessel. "Above" the command module is the reactor. The truss extends a ways to the IEE drive.
The ship is approx 500m long.
Let me know what you think!
Hail