I've given her 8 double-length megaROSA arrays, that should be able to deliver about 250Kw.
Got a rough out of the ion drive ship. The Bigelow module is complete. I've roughed out a logisitics/docking/airlock module. I've morphed the base of the probe into a propulsion module.
I may have over-loaded her on propellant and consumables .
Solar panels should be rotated to point to the rear,
[not] to mention it is too long to fit in any kind of payload fairing.
As to the general design. I kind of followed this template. I've seen several NASA concepts of various space vehicles that follow this general theme.
Quote from: Impaler on 07/17/2015 05:02 pmSolar panels should be rotated to point to the rear,Solar arrays on a SEP would never be pointing directly to the rear. A SEP'd ship is never thrusting directly away from the sun, it is always thrusting tangentially to its current orbit, hence they'll have the orientation Tea Monster has. (Well, I say "never", but during orbital manoeuvres, the orbit is centred on the planet, so the drive may sometimes be coincidentally pointing away from the sun.)Impaler,When you start asking these kinds of questions, Discovery One is also a pretty rubbish resign.
{snip}A SEP craft would have much denser fuels and does not have any dangerous components that it needs to keep the astronauts away from. Spinning up the ship for artificial gravity is most likely not an option with large solar arrays, so if AG is used it would be with a Nautilus-like centrifuge.
{snip}I found this one of Boeings latest SEP tug. I'm not an engineer, but does it really need all that trunking? Wouldn't it be better to extend the arms and then bring the SEP module and the hab together?The reason mine has a longish trunk is that I've filled it with fuel and consumables.