Project Interplanetary ship (again)

[Hispa]

No more clues. Just a preliminary work on the table. :hmm:

 

[Jarvitä]

An interplanetary transport with a deployable shield for aerobraking? Yes, I like it.

 

[Hispa]

It's not an aerobraking shield.

 

[computerex]

It's not an aerobraking shield.

I wish it was though .

 

[Lucy]

Looks kinda like the Icarus craft from the movie Sunshine to me. And also looks well-made, I might add.

 

[RisingFury]

Is it a sun shield? If yes, then the ship can't come too close...

 

[Columbia42]

I doubt it but is it a giant satelite dish?

 

[Hispa]

I'm assuming that when we travel around the solar system for months or years, we need a shield to avoid sun radiation. This design is based on spaceship Antares, from "Defying gravity" TV show, but I must say it won't be the same ship, just a derived one.

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State of the art:

I promise this time will be rotating module animations and --maybe-- also an antenna alineation mechanism.

 

[Izack]

It looks a lot like the Pegasus from Voyage to the Planets, too.

 

[garyw]

It looks a lot like the Pegasus from Voyage to the Planets, too.

It will, Antares and Pegasus are the same ship. The TV show didn't have the budget for a different design.

 

[mc_]

Looks promising.
Please add more details to description (size, engine type, etc)
And what about VC this time?

//We all should hail the

 

[Izack]

It will, Antares and Pegasus are the same ship. The TV show didn't have the budget for a different design.

That explains it. I never watched Defying Gravity, so that would be why.

I'm thrilled to see a well-made Pegasus-based ship, though. The last one was...[ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2879"]lacking[/ame].

The fact that this is a derived work (and by the guy who made Longshot) makes it better.

 

[Hispa]

Today's progress: some work on cabin and space viewpoint.

Do not expect to have this ship ready for some weeks. It's an exhausting work! :nono:

 

[Hartmann]

This is Pegasus from voyage to the planets :thumbup:

 

[JonnyBGoode]

Looks like Perseus... with a superstructure behind it.

 

[Hispa]

Today's progress on the ship:

Preliminary works on airlock design. It will come with airlock door animation.

Situation of forward airlocks. There will be other two rear airlocks.

Greetings, orbinauts!

 

[jedidia]

very nice! :thumbup:

If you already have that big thing of a radiation shield, why not fill it with fuel and loose some tanks? it would be more effective as a shield too...

 

[Hispa]

It's getting bigger...

 

[Izack]

Holy cow.

What kind of polycount do you have so far?

 

[Hispa]

This is just a stub. When I finish all the structure, I must do one or more revisions of each module to texturize and, when possible, to reduce polycount. Let's see how big is the final result...

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very nice! :thumbup:

If you already have that big thing of a radiation shield, why not fill it with fuel and loose some tanks? it would be more effective as a shield too...

It's supposed to be a very, very light shield, made just to avoid sun radiation over hab modules. It if were a fuel tank, its weight could make the ship too difficult to navigate.

And I can sure you this baby will be already a nightmare to nameuver in space with no need of a tank-umbrella. :lol: