2009: A Space Odyssey
A virtual tour onboard the Virgin Galactic spaceship
Passengers won't be taking off in SpaceShipTwo until the summer of 2009 (at the earliest). This animation was designed by the London-based agency Seymourpowell to keep people interested. The firm was charged with designing conceptual interiors for the spaceship, and wasn't at all fazed by the prospect of designing something for which there was no precedent. As principal Dick Powell explains, they simply saw it as a human problem: "How do you get people of different sizes into certain positions within the spaceship?" he asks. "How do you maximize the amount of free space and include the biggest number of port holes so that people can see from wherever they are?"
You can see their solutions here.
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