Space Voyage #1

[TheBigDog]

Our impossible dream is just 4 days away. Time to get yourself onboard and prepare for the journey of a lifetime! This is the last call for people to join the trip. If you wish to have your name among the immortals of the Prophesy's crew, speak up now.

 

In just four days we will be putting the ship through her space trials. This consists of a "short" mission to the moon and the launching of several scientific missions there. While those missions are happening the Prophesy will leave the orbit of the moon, swing around the earth and return again. Upon return we will collect some of our scientific equipment and review how everything worked. If we have no concerns about how everything functioned we will proceed immidiatly to Mars.

 

Here is what I have planned for the the moon:

 

First we will put three communications satellites in high orbit around the moon, spaced evenly. These will allow us to maintain constant communications with all lunar deployed craft. We will place two satellites into orbit to map the surface in various spectrums. We will send seven craft to the surface of the moon. Automated rovers will visit the sites of Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16. Manned missions will go to the locations of 11, and 17. We will place a marker at the site of Apollo 11. We will place another at the site of Apollo 17. We will have an envoy of people visit both of these sites. These missions are very symbolic. Both of our respect for those who went before us into space, and of our taking our place in leading mankind to the rest of the solar system.

 

The visit to the moon for the laying of the markers will happen on day one, with the majority of those going to the surface returning on the same day before the Prophesy has left orbit. After they return a small group will remain on the surface for several days for scientific study. We will launch a portable command ship in orbit of the moon and monitor operations while the Prophesy returns for the trip around the earth. We are doing this as part of the trials to demonstrate the ships capability of performing several missions simultaniously. When the Prophesy returns to the moon she will collect her crew and equipment. This will conclude the space trials and the ceremonial part of the trip.

 

I have some suprises in store as well. We need to know who will be visiting the moon for setting the markers and the photo ops. Who will be staying on the moon for up to a week. Who will run the portable command ship during the Prophesy's trip back to earth. And who will stay onboard the Prophesy the whole time running the ship. Remember, we have plenty of redshirts to do the chores while we have the fun. :)

 

One other thing. While we are still in Earth's orbit we have the opportunity to swap out some of our ring modules. They are interchangable with those being built for a space station that will remain in permanent orbit. Our total crew will be far less than 350 people. We will have a command staff of a dozen who will be responsible for the decisions that move the ship. And each department will have just a few people.

 

Agriculture: 4

Maintenance: 12

IT: 6

Medical: 4 (MD, Dentist, DO/Chiroprator, Nurse)

MEUS Operators: 6

Payload Specialists: 12

Navigation: 6

Mission Control: 12

Researchers: 30

Other: 6

 

That is 96 people. Most of the departments work around the clock. People will also multi-task as needed to help with the ongoing missions. A big part of the whole thing will be our ability to improvise as we get to places and find interesting things.

 

Part of the "other" is a documentary crew that is recording the whole trip in HD (Video distributed exclusivly through Hypography). We will tighten up the crew quarters so we have more modules for growing food. Big part of what we are doing is attempting to be self sufficient. We will need every spare corner of the ship growing food to begin to make that plausible. We do have a "full freezer" but this is for emergencies and special occations.

 

Is everyone ready?

 

Bill (T-4)

[ronthepon]

I suggest another post is made, one which lists all the hypography and their positions.

[Jay-qu]

yes we do need a roll call.

 

Lieutenant Astrophysicist Jay-qu reporting for duty sir.

 

This is what we have:

BigDog - Captain

Jay-qu - lieutenant Astrophysicist

KAC - lieutenant Theoretical physicist

Pyrotex - Ship cook and babe inspector

TFS - Chief Battle-Bot officer

InfiniteNow - Chief Sounding Board officer

Racoon - Supreme Commanding Emir and Chancellor

GAHD - Head Matainence officer and Electrical Engineer

Janus - Propulsion Engineer (??)

Boerseun - Chief Agriculturist and chef

Kayra - Ideas man (??)

Ronthepon - General helper/assistant and floor sweeper (??)

 

Its not to late to sign up, better late than never :)

[ronthepon]

Floor sweeper?

 

Hell no. I'm the sanitation authority around here.

I take orders from GAHD and ...well... from anybody else who's polite.

 

By the way, the silly computer techie did'nt let me upload my personal info. He says it takes too much space! I tell you, after hours and hours of compression I fit it into 21.84 Terabytes, and the guy wont let me!

Do something!

[Janus]

Okay, now you can know where you are when you wake up. :hihi: :hihi:

 

I present, for your edification, the Master Layout of the Spaceship Prophecy.

 

Looks good, I might make one sugestion however. I assume that the living quarters will have windows. If so, then I would suggest that we rotate the position of ring 2 by one module. Otherwise we will have the aft quarters of ring 3 staring right into the forward quarters of ring 3 and vice versa.

[Jay-qu]

Ron did you see the ?? next to your name, they are the ones that I wasnt to sure about. Give me the word and its changed ;)

 

Oh and can we have some windowns in the floor - that would be trippy!

[Janus]

Here's a quick look at what it might look like standing at the end of one of the residence module halls.

 

The numbers on the wall over the stair case tell you what module and deck you are on. The marking on the other wall indicates that that hall leads to ring 4.

 

For room designation, the rooms are numbered increasing as we move clock wise, with odd numbered rooms on the aft side of the ring and even on the forward. Each room # will include ring, module and deck. I.E. room 3-6-201

is the first room to your right on deck 2 of module 6 of ring 3, as you enter the module from module 5 on the same ring.

[Jay-qu]

Cool so is that the correct cuvature? what is the circumference of the rings?

[ronthepon]

Nicely modelled, Janus! How much time did you take at it? What is the vertice count on the model? The curvatures are quite smooth.

 

JQ: Call me sanitation expert, or cleanliness authority, or... or... well... Odd Jobs man.

[TheFaithfulStone]

Okay, now you can know where you are when you wake up. :) :D

 

I present, for your edification, the Master Layout of the Spaceship Prophecy.

 

I know this is going to sound odd, but I don't have word.

 

Could you upload a JPG so I can see it?

 

also, the damn despin revealed some pretty significant flaws in the hydraulics of the Bots. All of the hydro-lines are going to have be bled and re-pressurized, and a few of cylinders going to have be swapped out for double-action components.

 

 

TFS

[TheBigDog]

OK explorers. I have some more drawings to help bring our ship to life. This is based upon the model layed out by Pyro, but modified to a slightly smaller scale. You would still find it spacious.

 

First the modified ring layout...

The Brown sections are agricultural. A mix of dry and hydroponic food growth. This makes up fully 50% of the ship's ring space. These are built for function, not recreation.

The Grey sections are a combination of crew quarters and workspace. There are 84 people housed in the grey sections when the full crew of 96 is onboard.

The White sections are the command quarters. There are 12 among the crew commanders. Six per section. Plenty of space for those of us in change.

The Yellow section is the command and control module. This is the nerve center of all ship controls and extra ship communications.

The Green sections are a combination of specialized work spaces, storage and additional light agriculture.

The Light Brown section is 10 Forward. It is the only agricultural section that is set up for pure recreation. It is a park like natural setting with trees, ponds, bushes and even grass. A good place to feel the earth under your feet and relax.

 

Remember that all of the extra vehicular equipment is kept in the large cargo compartments at the nose of the ship. The rings where we do most of our living and working.

 

Next is the standard working living quarters that make up the center rings. They are all three level modules.

At the bottom of every module is its share of the water resevoir. The inner parts of the module are actually floating on this layer of water and the resevoirs are all connected by both passive plumbing and pumping systems. By floating all the living spaces we insure that the mass of all the modules is equal at all times so the ship doesn't wobble when we move things around.

 

Note the picture of JQ standing on each level. The Module is 10 meters high and wide. With 3 meters for each floor. The lowest secion contains the bags of water. The poles running from floor so ceiling help guide the floors as they rise and fall with the water level.

 

Finally we have the agricultural pods. Most of these are 3 levels like the inner sections. They have Hydroponics on the ground floor and potted plants on the upper levels. This is high tech multi functional farmland with both plants and animals that will be needed on the trip. They are tightly packed for maximum function. They also act as a shield in case something hits the ship.

 

In this picture we see an open agricultural section. It has only one level to acomidate trees. Primarily citrus trees. But there will be many varieties to insure we have all of our nutritional needs met. Again, JQ is pictured at 2 meters tall for scale.

 

Bill

[Jay-qu]

so then the scale is slightly out :) I only stand at 192cm

 

So where are you guys - Im on board making myself at home :D

[TheBigDog]

I may have underestimated the number of agricultural crew we will need. I had it at 4. But there is an awful lot of area for those 4 to work. Hell, farmers love hard work. 4 should be plenty!

 

JQ, I cut the picture 8 cm above you head to keep it to scale :)

 

Bill

[ronthepon]

Nice, spacious rooms we have.

Other than the ones on top and bottom.

 

We could have sacrificed the hallway space for the rooms more.

[TheBigDog]

Hallways are either one meter or two meters. Depending upon what type of things need to move through them.

 

Bill

[ronthepon]

By the way, I noticed that you are relying on the agri rings for collision protection.

There is a chance of collision with something big?

And if there is, why don't we install something that is for the specalised purpose of collision absorption?

[Jay-qu]

There is an awful lot of space.. in space :confused: dah - not that likely that we will hit something.