Warp Drives within our life time...
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F33D said:
Which would now be much, much, much smaller...
http://news.yahoo.com/warp-drive-may-more-feasible-thought-scientists-161301109.html
Captain Jonah
Mongoose
Nothing wrong with that.
For a fledgling space effort it makes sense. A single flight deck/command module design that can be built and then fitted to a number of types of ship hull. Since the bridge is going to be the most complex part of tthe ship with flight controls, sensors and computers there plus possibly life support for the unit.
One design means that your engineers know exactly where everything is since its standardised. Your highest tech stuff like computers and sensors can be built in a few countries but anyone can then build hulls and the simpler drives and bring in the command module.
Streamlining it means it can be fitted to atmosphere craft as well as the deep space stuff.
For a fledgling space effort it makes sense. A single flight deck/command module design that can be built and then fitted to a number of types of ship hull. Since the bridge is going to be the most complex part of tthe ship with flight controls, sensors and computers there plus possibly life support for the unit.
One design means that your engineers know exactly where everything is since its standardised. Your highest tech stuff like computers and sensors can be built in a few countries but anyone can then build hulls and the simpler drives and bring in the command module.
Streamlining it means it can be fitted to atmosphere craft as well as the deep space stuff.
The Eagle was one of my first loves, in space ship terms. I would not be surprised if most Travellers around my age didn't grow up loving that old proto-modular cutter. It had just enough NASA-like properties (the Gemini-ish window arrangement, the LEM type external struts and CSM-like engine bells) to look plausible. That ship and PoTA's "Icarus" (which I'm convinced was the inspiration for the Scout/Courier) always stand out to me as high points in scifi spaceship design.
Those, and the Millennium Falcon (both the final model, and the earlier version that wound up being used for the "Corellian Corvette" from Ep4), of course.
Those, and the Millennium Falcon (both the final model, and the earlier version that wound up being used for the "Corellian Corvette" from Ep4), of course.
