2016-01-28 
       
       Spacecraft 
       
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         Having scribbled different types of rotational artificial gravity
       configurations and having started watching Voyager, an inspiration
       to model spacecraft hit me.
       
       The first craft is basically your generic appliance esthetic modern
       Trek ship with wannabe realistic artificial gravity.
       
       The very thorough Atomic_Rockets site has a nice_article about
       realistic parameters for spinning artificial gravity. Unfortunately
       the ~10 m radius of this craft would be nauseating at best, even
       with low G. The design is also dubious for not having any sensible
       configuration of the bola for acceleration/ deceleration.
       
       The type of propulsion is unspecified but is something very noisy,
       which justifies keeping it far away from the main structure.
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        The second craft is inspired by retro plastic and classic cars.
       The cabling might be an overkill, but having some internal logic in
       an otherwise 'artistic' design appeals to me very much. The station
       would probably rotate in the direction of the windows and cabling,
       it would be much less nauseating to see the sky rise or fall in
       stead of rotating at ~2 rpm (yielding ½ g with 100 m radius).
       
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       The star_maps in both images are courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space
       Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Everything modelled
       and rendered in Blender.