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15 Oct 2006
Seymourpowell in brand new Enterprise
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A full-scale conceptual mock-up of the interior of Virgin Galactic's VSS (Virgin SpaceShip) Enterprise, the Virgin Group's tourist spacecraft, has been created by British product designers Seymourpowell.
Designed to ensure maximum comfort, space and visibility for each group of two pilots and six consumer astronauts on each individual mission, the conceptual interior features a 6-passenger-seater cabin.
Specially-designed seats - in three rows of two - will move from their 60? upright angle for take-off and flight to an almost-horizontal 'submarined' angle as the astronauts become free to move around the cabin and experience zero gravity.
The astronauts then come back to their seats in the submarined position as they re-enter the earth's atmosphere; this helps them remain comfortable with the G- forces experienced as the craft decelerates. The seats then return to the upright position for the glide home.
The conceptual interior has been designed by Seymourpowell to explore ways of maximising cabin space for the most exhilarating zero gravity experience.
There are also fifteen windows in total in the mock-up craft, including floor windows for the best possible views of the earth. Passengers will be able to watch, during their ascent, as the cobalt blue sky turns to mauve, indigo and eventually to black, even though it will still be daytime. The ultimate view of the earth will be over a thousand miles in any direction. A flight over London, for example, would provide views of North Africa.
A bulkhead divides the astronauts from the pilot and co-pilot and features four large-scale dials providing information about the mission time, the speed of the spaceship, its altitude and the changing G-forces being experienced.
Seymourpowell has also created an animation designed to bring the Virgin Galactic astronaut experience to life, from take-off to landing, and this - along with the unveiling of the interior mock-up - was shown for the first time at the WIRED NextFest event in New York in September.
Virgin Galactic is a company established by the Virgin Group to undertake the development of safe, commercially viable and environmentally friendly access to space, owning and operating privately-built spaceships.
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