Artwork from To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond and End of the Beginning.

[Gemini]

This is what I do in my spare time at school. These are some pictures of the space craft from a few of my stories.
To the Moon Mars and Beyond:
The first is the first four ships in the OV-3XX series of shuttles, which are a hybrid of the STS and X-15 delta. Instead of aluminum, they have carbon composite airframes with titanium bulkheads. TPS is similar to the shuttle, except with advanced metallic heat tiles in adddition to Nomex blankets. The three engines at the back are actually orbital manuevering engines. They are launched by the Ares V.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/OV-104/OV-3XX-1.jpg
THe Pegasus is a test article built for approach, landing, and glide tests. It has two jet engines mounted at the rear so it can take off and land on its own like the Buran analog.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/OV-104/Peg.jpg
The Olympia being ferried back to KSC from Edwards on a military surplus C-17 carrier aircraft.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/OV-104/GM.jpg

In case of an emergency, the nose of the shuttle can be pulled away from a malfunctioning rocket with an escape tower or detach during a Columbia-style reentry contingecy. This a drawing of a launch abort test using a "Little Joe IV."
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/OV-104/LJIV.jpg

The End of the Beginning:
The later OV-300 series will piggyback on an unmanned Lockheed satellite carrier shuttle and launch from the Maglev Assist Space Launch facility at Cape Canaveral.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/OV-104/Chall-1.jpg
This is the crew of Orion 25 outside of the fictional "Deke's Landing" restaurant.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j240/OV-104/O25C.jpg

[KaiYeves]

You are very good at technical drawings.

[suntrack2]

Gemini, please don't laugh, look in the attachment.

today we need such a thing shown in the attachment. :)

[Abbadon_2008]

I'm digging those designs. Good work.

[ravens_cry]

Oh, yes, you are really good. That bird looks like it could fly. Very good work, kudos on your skill. :)

[KaiYeves]

Could you post a higher-resolution of the first one, though? It's kind of hard to see.

[suntrack2]

Could you post a higher-resolution of the first one, though? It's kind of hard to see.


last time I saw one image at different place with the help of magnifying glass.

your feedback required kaiyeves on the picture I have attached above. :)

sunil

[KaiYeves]

Solar panels on the wings sound like a good idea, but harnessing the power of the airflow over the wings might be even better.

[suntrack2]

well the nose of this air plane chosen just like the nose of "concord-air plane". That's look descent in such planes. :) solar panels can work even there is shadow.

You are saying quite good that the airflow over the wings might be even better, that's true, but see need of wind mill on the board is not possible, because the air plane can topple from the air due to the unnecessary weight upon it.

[KaiYeves]

I'm not really a very good engineer.

[suntrack2]

I'm not really a very good engineer.

Oof, the good engineers always speaks this type of lines, because they know they are good engineer in their mind but they speaks for public they are not good engineer. :)

Nothing is bad in this world, even the faint and unclear designs of jet plane, a ruf sketching of a space shuttle,(which is difficult to see properly) all looks very nice, because all engineering drawings are looks ruf in the blue prints but when they actually come in existence they looks very descent like paradise looking on the earth. :)