A small project, the parts storage area from the “Discovery” in “2001”.
Modelled and rendered in Lightwave 3d, I released the mesh for free to members of the “Foundation 3d” forums.
Month: December 2015
Unused alien concept from “2001 A Space Odyssey”
Her’s my take on an unused concept for the Aliens in “2001”, as found in the excellent book by Piers Bizony.
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The Canadian Arrow
A quickie project, the Canadian Arrow!
This was a seriously oddball design, basically take a World War 2 V2 rocket, and stick a modern engine in it. The idea being that the aerodynamics are proven, so you save development effort.
You what?!
Cosmos Museum, Chisinau, Moldova
On my last visit to Moldova, I was lucky enough to go to the Cosmos Museum. Not a conventional museum, this is set in a scheel, where children are encouraged to make accurate models of rockets, (at ;least the older ones!)
The lady who runs it, Mrs Lubov, is extremely knowledgeable and helpful, and was kind enough to show me the collection of photographs of cosmonauts visiting the city.
They have a pressure suit, lots of samples of space food, and full size detailed plans of Korolov’s “GIRD09” liquid fueled rocket!
I sent them a large print of a set of N-1 rockets, in the hope it will help inspire the next generation.
I think the children are very lucky to have such an enthusiastic and well informed expert they rto encourage and help them!
Robert Goddard’s L16 Movable Casing Rocket
My latest project, Robert Goddard’s movable casing rocket – the lowest part of the hull can swivel by a few degrees for steering.
I used plans from “Rockets of the World” by ARA Press as the basis for this cgi project.
ROMBUS spacecraft!
Testing an image post
Here’s a graphic image for testing an image post.
Mars after the death of Phobos
Scientists recently predicted that Phobos will break up and form a ring as it spirals in towards Mars. The ring will be about as dense as Saturn’s, which may seem surprising given that Phobos is so small.
