Shuttlecrafts! I need to buy a shuttlecraft for my Enterprise crew so they can go on missions. You certainly do, :) but as for The Martian, I'm not sure if it fits either. I think it implies a thing flying back and forth? Those in The Martian were disposable, you know, this sort where the fuel tank comes off, then next units, until it's nothing but the cabin, already above the atmosphere by that time. And the landers were never shown, but I think they would even look different than the launchers that didn't need the shock-absorption. The landers surely did. I guess they'd be similar to the remains of Pathfinder (which was shown).
It's all computer nowadays but when I started in 1993, it was still the old fashioned way with ink on paper. I always liked technical drawings. I'm sure it helps with miniature scenes! :)
I forgot to tell you before, but actually back then, when reading the book, my most insistent association was "Robinson in the space", yeah, that too, but also "MacGyver in the space"! After all, Mac tells about chemistry and physics all the time, too. If it watched okay to you, I think The Martian will be as well. Actually, this was what the book had more, and the movie much less...
I didn't even know they weren't official... Shows what I know. Hey, still more than me, considering that I didn't know they exist, until you said me... *g*
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You certainly do, :) but as for The Martian, I'm not sure if it fits either. I think it implies a thing flying back and forth? Those in The Martian were disposable, you know, this sort where the fuel tank comes off, then next units, until it's nothing but the cabin, already above the atmosphere by that time. And the landers were never shown, but I think they would even look different than the launchers that didn't need the shock-absorption. The landers surely did. I guess they'd be similar to the remains of Pathfinder (which was shown).
It's all computer nowadays but when I started in 1993, it was still the old fashioned way with ink on paper. I always liked technical drawings.
I'm sure it helps with miniature scenes! :)
I forgot to tell you before, but actually back then, when reading the book, my most insistent association was "Robinson in the space", yeah, that too, but also "MacGyver in the space"! After all, Mac tells about chemistry and physics all the time, too. If it watched okay to you, I think The Martian will be as well. Actually, this was what the book had more, and the movie much less...
I didn't even know they weren't official... Shows what I know.
Hey, still more than me, considering that I didn't know they exist, until you said me... *g*