Real Spacecraft

[Bill Morris]

This is No. 11 in my collection of schematics of real spacecraft. The others are here:

http://lcars24.com/nasagal.html

And the 66 Trek items are here:

http://lcars24.com/starfleet.html

 

[sojourner]

Not sure I would count anything that didn't at least achieve orbit as a spacecraft, but still a great MSD!

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

Not sure I would count anything that didn't at least achieve orbit as a spacecraft, but still a great MSD!

Well if it's a craft that goes in space, then I guess that would count right.

Also those look awesome! Well done!

 

[Guartho]

Not sure I would count anything that didn't at least achieve orbit as a spacecraft, but still a great MSD!

Al Shepard has been notified via seance of your post. Prepare for a spectral ass-whoopin.

ETA to the OP: On the Delta Flyer, I thought that cylindrical glowing thing on what I'll call Harry's desk was the warp core of the Delta Flyer.

 

[sojourner]

^While Al Shepard's particular flight never achieved orbit, many Mercury capsules after his did. SS1 never will by design.

 

[publiusr]

Now do Energiya/Buran.

 

[Bill Morris]

Not sure I would count anything that didn't at least achieve orbit as a spacecraft, but still a great MSD!

Al Shepard has been notified via seance of your post. Prepare for a spectral ass-whoopin.

ETA to the OP: On the Delta Flyer, I thought that cylindrical glowing thing on what I'll call Harry's desk was the warp core of the Delta Flyer.

I asked around about that when I was doing the Delta Flyer, and nobody had any ideas. But the same prop was used in Voyager's science lab and in the main room of the Pathfinder project. But there were similar things at Tuvok's station and Kim's station on Voyager's bridge. So they must be local computer cores or something. Also, we saw the Delta Flyer's warp core on screen when it was ejected in VOY: Drive, and it didn't look anything like that.

 

[Owain Taggart]

^While Al Shepard's particular flight never achieved orbit, many Mercury capsules after his did. SS1 never will by design.

Only because it's a prototype to a bigger design. The one that Virgin is launching in about a year is similar but much larger.

 

[sojourner]

^And still not intended for orbital flight. SS2 still only does a trip up 62 miles then back down with a mere 5 minutes of weightlessness for the passengers. It does not come close to achieving orbit and is not designed to survive reentry from orbital velocities.

 

[Tom Riley]

is not designed to survive reentry from orbital velocities.

The Enterprise-D didn't survive reentry...

 

[B.J.]

is not designed to survive reentry from orbital velocities.

The Enterprise-D didn't survive reentry...

Sure it did! It just didn't survive the landing!

 

[sojourner]

^And is a piece of fiction.

 

[Bill Morris]

Not all real manned spacecraft are designed for reentry and landing on Earth.

 

[sojourner]

^Ah, but they are designed to survive more than 5 minutes in weightlessness. You want to do an MSD of a commercial spacecraft? Try the dragon capsule. It's not a toy for the rich.

 

[Tom Riley]

is not designed to survive reentry from orbital velocities.

The Enterprise-D didn't survive reentry...

Sure it did! It just didn't survive the landing!

Touché.

 

[Bill Morris]

^Ah, but they are designed to survive more than 5 minutes in weightlessness. You want to do an MSD of a commercial spacecraft? Try the dragon capsule. It's not a toy for the rich.

Yeah, yeah. I've got the materials for the Dragon. So maybe later. But I still think SpaceShipOne deserves its place in the LCARS 24 MSD library.