Mars Shuttlecraft by TomPeters

Lightwave • Space • posted on Aug 01, 2006

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Description

A reusable Shuttlecraft departs an orbiting station over Mars, ferrying crew down to the surface. This is the same model I used for my "Terminal Descent" image. The Mars surface was derived from Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter data, which was converted to a grayscale map and used to deform a plane. The Shuttle itself is based on a biconic aerobody, one of the many shapes being considered for Mars entry vehicles. The station modules are based on the Boeing Destiny module of the International Space Station. Thanks for taking a look.

Comments (18)

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shayhurs

12:58PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

Great work and an excellent POV!

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morin3000

1:10PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

Does your inspiration come it from the artists of NASA? == I am a fanatic of the future == The destiny of the Humanities of is colonized stars == Excellent image == Very good beginning == I wish you the best == ()*

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ysvry

1:23PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

great picture, very cool materials.

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claude19

2:14PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

Very beautiful and elaborated picture. The design is out of critics. The planet MARS is credible ! A very interesting future escape !!!

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cshark

2:30PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

Great work!

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chrispoole

3:35PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

Great job on the lighting and the idea of future planetary exploration.

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chimera46

3:42PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

Awesome pic!

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arcas

3:50PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

Hey, cool! The compositon lends a good sense of claustophia with the orbital equipment - if any of those masses gained some unwanted momentum, there'd be some hell to pay. The color-coded helmets are a great touch. And as always your hardware design is interesting and plausible. The details on the lander feel very functional. And of course your Mars surface is masterfully executed.

wingnut55

4:14PM | Tue, 01 August 2006

great pic, the level of detail makes it very absorbing.

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petes

10:34AM | Thu, 03 August 2006

Beautiful work Tom. Tell me, is this for work? or d oyou do this type of work? or is it just fo rfun. Seems very accurate. I love teh space men too! P

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intro

10:23PM | Fri, 04 August 2006

Great!Excellent detail/textures and Planet surface!

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geirla

2:31PM | Sun, 06 August 2006

Excellent image! Everything in your gallery is excellent, actually.

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lwperkins

1:06PM | Tue, 15 August 2006

This is so nice--it's accurate, yet fun and exciting to look at! That is a hard combination to pull off--I need to go through the rest of your gallery when I have more time, it looks superb!

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