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7 Nov 2024 11:34:42 EST (-0500)
  Re: Colony ship  
From: Alain
Date: 6 Jan 2016 16:05:11
Message: <568d8187$1@news.povray.org>
Le 16-01-05 23:31, Mike Horvath a écrit :
> I decided to dust off this old scene and work on a few more bits.
>
> I finalized how the docking bay and engine are going to be laid out, and
> I am happy with them.
>
> I also split the habitation area into two counter-rotating sections. I'm
> thinking of making the end caps concave, like the bottom of a soda can.
>
> A note about the cone in front. It's supposed to be a mesh of copper or
> gold wires that are electrically charged to keep dust from coming in
> contact with the ship. Kind of the opposite of a solar sail. I need to
> work on the wires a bit more to make them apparent.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Mike

Given the size of that ship, the wires won't be individualy visible 
unless they are very thick, like around 1m thick...

The part of the spine inside the living section is OK as it don't seem 
to have a real structural function. But, going aft, it does indeed look 
flimsy.


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