I have always been fond of Douglas Adams's description of the Vogons ship in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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Like all Vogon ships it looked as if had been not so much designed as congealed. The unpleasant yellow lumps and edifices which protruded from it at unsightly angles would have disfigured the looks of most ships, but in this case that was sadly impossible. Uglier things may have been spotted in the skies, but not by reliable witnesses.
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If it doesn't have to go in an atmosphere, why does it need to be aerodynamic, or aesthetic?