SEEDSHUTTLE DEVELOPMENT STAGES
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PVN seedshuttle construction, primary hull assembly phase (T+140hrs)
shown ~100m above, port, and forward of ISS Alpha for scale (alt 400km)
STAGE 1 - delivery of seedshuttle and crew to assembly site
(
Seedshuttle clearance from hangar bay of mothership
is less than one meter per side. It cannot move by itself
and must be towed; towbees detach and assume workbee role
to begin construction.)
[seedshuttle cutaway]
STAGE 2 - workbees disassemble sidepods from seedshuttle
(Workbees extract pre-assembled Jefferies Tube cores from sidepods.
Evacuated sidepods become usable "corridors" for control gallery assembly.)
STAGE 3 - control gallery is formed from sidepods
Break-line separates from hull releasing reactor assemblies.
Deckgrowers launch to construct
the initial crew quarters. (Crew still in EVA gear.)
(See also here for details.)
STAGE 4 - initial crew quarters (Deck 17 aft)
The cramped crew may now move into their new home. The "black hole" is
a turbo-elevator pass-thru, though shafts are inert anticipating Deck 16
control room assembly later in sequence.
STAGE 5 - secondary hull engineering facilities (Deck 16)
(PVN ceiling-cutaway and overhead views reveal color-coded deck plans.
Note secondary hull fusion reactors and freshly installed Jefferies Tubes.
Output of deckgrowers increases substantially once the reactors are online.
Keyed-orange engineering services areas manufacture complex internal
components like computers, transporter pads, and control consoles.)
STAGE 6 - secondary hull minimal operational status
At this point the secondary hull has minimally sufficient power and propulsion,
life-support, computer, transporter and bridge facilities. It can wallow like
a garbage scow but at least it's a ship! Note the Deck 15 water tanks and
the Deck 19 secondary hull bridge and computer facilities.
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