It is indeed a challenge, but hopefully a fun one.
About the bridge, I was thinking of having 2 bridges, one an emergency battle bridge like in Trek, but it would consist of a semisphere or sphere that has in its center the captain's chair. The ceiling/walls would all be one giant screen allowing the capatain to judge the situation with a clear view of the surrounding space. I got this from Legend of Galactic Heroes, quite an ingenious and practical setup. The main bridge would be one outside the main hull of the the ship, similar to sea going vessels with big windows.

This would be ideal for an exploration ship, you can thus see things through scanners as well as with your own eyes and if the situation requieres it you have a back up bridge ready to go.

I'm thinking the ship should be a few hundred meeters long 100-200m

Hmmm I like some things about it, but doesn't seem to work that well.

Damn, i didn't finish the loco....definitely this year.

Well here's the evolution of one my cars. Sorry for the extreme size of the
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Still didn't manage to come up with some cool details on my own so I commissioned AdamKop from Deviantart to do a cool paintover for it so I could use it as guide for all the ships I made in the same series. The Result is fantastic.

[xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/186/7/3/2d_sci_fi_starship_commision_by_adamkop-d561ekz.jpg[/xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]
[xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/160/0/e/ship_wip1_by_marian87-d52tkro.jpg[/xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]

[xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/160/a/a/ship_wip2_by_marian87-d52tktr.jpg[/xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]
[xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/179/c/4/ship_wip3_by_marian87-d556kay.jpg[/xxl-img:3rwqr5c2]

I started doing something for the thrusters, but then I got a completely different idea. This is the way I normally work.

Spaceship CP.skp

Roger, I'll do something tomorrow.

I does look neat.

You already put the thrust effect on?...let's put that as finishing details.

Cool, an explorer ship sounds good.

I made a few small changes. It basically looks like the pic above.

Spaceship CP.skp

I had a pm exchange with iichiversii and got the idea to try doing a collaborative project to get the creative juices flowing.

Here's the first piece of the model.

Spaceship CP.skp

Thanks Damien.

This is a cool project. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/58936338/space-command

SYFI..is that even a word? The have now as much in common with Science Fiction as my lunch with caviar.

What a beautiful plane...

Sorry Rich.
Yeah, I read the interview. I have a similar opinion as yours, but would still be nice to know a little a more. I'm not as worried as I was at first and I know SU will not die in the near future.
To be honest I want to feel excited that my favourite program is becoming something cooler,better,etc.

Well it's been announced in April. Although the acquisition was completed a month ago, they had plenty of time to think, no?

I didn't say they should have already rolled out a new version of SU, I asked for something sensible, news on any orientation changes, not a detailed plan on taking over the world...
It's been months since this "thing" happened and we still don't have many certainties.

I didn't say things were static, I asked for more iinformation on the direction they are going. If you're satisfied with what you know, that's fine.

I'm a bit anxious, but mostly curious.

So...any news on concrete direction changes or new features planned? It's been a while since they were bought.

Awesome!

@gaieus said:

What are the names of the children of Einstein?

Zweistein and Dreistein...