J-11 Interplanetary Transport Diagram by wblack

Bryce • Science Fiction • posted on May 27, 2012

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J-11 Interplanetary Transport Diagram An Orion’s Arm future history image Note: Image Amended 5/28/2912 to Clarify Diagram Description. Vehicle diagram for the spacecraft featured in my last several posts. The J-11 cargo/personnel transport evolved as a consequence of the Martian terraforming program, serving to haul payloads and crew engaged in material resource missions to Earth, later acting in the role of resupply craft for crews based on Callisto. The vehicle consists of two separable elements: a a 132 foot by 186 foot spherical landing vehicle designed to land on airless bodies, and an Orion Interplanetary Stage. The landing vehicle has a large internal cargo-bay, and an integral centrifuge habitat. Landing Vehicle primary propulsion is metallic-state hydrogen rockets. Interplanetary Orion stage primary propulsion is nuclear fission initiated plasma pulse rocket. Interplanetary stage can be flexibly configured for differing fuel loads. More information on metastable metallic hydrogen fueled rockets can be found at the following links. The IOP Science link has a link to a PDF by Isaac Silvera describing features and engineering challenges involved in the development of this technology. Atomic Rockets Posterous Link NASA Link IOP Science Link 2001 style space suit by Max Grueter. All other models are my own Bryce creations, constructed in Bryce 6.3, rendered in Bryce 7 Pro. As always thank you for your interest, thoughtful comments, and encouragement.

Comments (12)

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ArtistKimberly

6:51PM | Sun, 27 May 2012

Incredible,

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geirla

7:03PM | Sun, 27 May 2012

Excellent diagram. great detail as always. I'm assuming that the "3 deck" centrifuge is actually 3 thirty foot decks at different diameters and not 3 ten foot decks "side-by-side", unless you intend them to be used both in zero gee and in rotation.

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NefariousDrO

9:12PM | Sun, 27 May 2012

That is so cool, I love the design for the ship, the level of detail in the model, the whole thing is incredible!

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peedy

11:47PM | Sun, 27 May 2012

Fantastic modeling and detail. Corrie

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wblack

7:49AM | Mon, 28 May 2012

Hi geirla, You are correct; the centrifuge decks would be three different diameter decks nested one inside the next. You’ve pointed out something I hadn’t considered: I created for the wire-frame color-shaded graphic “Diagram of Internal Distribution” with the intention to illustrate the internal distribution of volume and its allocation. Your comment made me realize that it might be interpreted as a layout of the vehicle’s decks, and perhaps I need to amend the caption to make this clear – thanks! & Thanks for the great comments everyone!

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