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Liner 'Princess of Mars'

Started by MartG, March 16, 2013, 12:29:17 PM

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March 16, 2013, 12:29:17 PM
Virgin Galactic's Interplanetary Liner 'Princess of Mars'

One of Virgin Galactic's fleet of crack Interplanetary Liners, Princess of Mars carries up to 40 passengers and 50 tonnes of freight & mail between Earth and Mars. Powered by a highly efficient gas-cored nuclear rocket, Princess of Mars has sufficient DeltaV to make it less reliant on maximum economy orbits which depend on the planets being in the correct position relative to each other, so can make the trip with greater regularity than earlier vessels. Whilst Princess of Mars is streamlined and capable of a powered landing on Mars, the journey normally terminates at port Phobos, from where passengers are ferried to the Martian surface in smaller shuttlecraft almost identical to the Orion III shuttles used to service it in Earth orbit.

Built from the Glencoe kit, with landing gear retracted ( because every photo I can find of one of these has it extended ), homemade decals.








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Joe C-P

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March 16, 2013, 07:31:50 PM
To Mars it is!
Nice work.  :thumbsup:
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kerick

#2
March 16, 2013, 07:38:44 PM
Great job! People would expect their space liner to be streamlined, just like in the movies!
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pyro-manic

#3
March 17, 2013, 12:20:13 PM
Excellent! :thumbsup:
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Army of One

#4
March 18, 2013, 06:42:51 AM
I really like that.....looks great with the backdrop.... :thumbsup:
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#5
March 18, 2013, 06:48:31 AM
Looks great - nice photos too.  :thumbsup:
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