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> As for the scale of the compartments, extrapolate from the size of the chairs. It's pretty small. I got the exact opposite impression. It might be small com
by keenerd 11y ago
> As for the scale of the compartments, extrapolate from the size of the chairs. It's pretty small.
I got the exact opposite impression. It might be small compared to a mcmansion kitchen but it is HUGE compared to historic or even contemporary spacecraft. Way more spacious than the Shuttle cockpit at least.
If you haven't been to the Air & Space Museum in DC, it is worth it just for a sense of scale on spacecraft. In particular the interior of Skylab was much more cramped than I would have guessed.
- yellowbkpk 11y agoAll that empty space in the capsule will likely be filled with compartments for cargo, making it cramped again.
- confluence 11y agoIt's like physical RAM. It will always be used at capacity.
- PakG1 11y agoThis is called Parkinson's Law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law#Generalization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law#Generalizati...
- larrydag 11y agoEven more so at the Natl Air & Space Musuem is look at the Mercury capsule that John Glenn used to orbit the Earth. Basically flying through space in a refrigerator.