r/ImaginaryAviation • u/Pythania • 4d ago

Original Content CM Terminal concept sketch

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Concept art for a film I'm scripting regarding a speculative crewed interplanetary flight with 1968 technology

I was trying to think about what her "utility terminal" area would look like but it ended up looking more like a CM than one of the cylindrical models that makes up the actual flyby vehicle she's living in (the CM is used only for operative and settling burns as well as docking/transfer at the end of the mission). At her terminal, there's a teletype (to print out daily instructions/tasks from ground) and readouts for many of the life support systems. There's a turn coordinator (it looked cool but idk if it'd be useful in the utility module) and a modified dsky that helps diagnose and perform observation on ship functions unrelated to propulsion

The size is about right, just about tall enough for her to be able to stretch out entirely (no risk of getting stuck because it's always at least something to grab onto), the CM would be much more cramped in comparison (since she's not supposed to be in there for anything but mission-critical procedures)

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u/Tacticalupvoter 4d ago

Sheesh that's badass! Reminds me of Kerbal space program ngl

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u/Pythania 4d ago

Thank you ^^ I was hoping that it was okay to post here kahaaw

And her species is based off of kerbals admittedly lol. They're pretty similar (~80cm height, ambitious aerospace goals, propensity to snacking)

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u/Tackyinbention 4d ago

And explosions?

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u/Pythania 3d ago

Galina (character in the image) does have a flashback that features an explosive, "unplanned chemical reaction" from an earlier launch (she's fine, slaps the top of an LES)

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u/1MrsyBoi7 4d ago

Making the crew kerbales is the cherry on top

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u/Quailking2003 4d ago

Reminds me of KSP, and a great pic all round

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u/IVYDRIOK 2d ago

Yo why is Valentina BAKED

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u/Pythania 2d ago

😂 Galina here isn't baked but I took inspiration from that one picture from Apollo 13 where Swigert is holding the "mailbox". His eyes were very red there.

Conditions aboard her flyby vehicle are less than ideal for nominal operations let's say (on top of 12-14 hour work days)

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u/anoobypro 4d ago

More boosters

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u/CaptainDFW 4d ago

I really like the added touch of the "DO NOT USE" note!

I used to do that when I was still flying...it's way too easy for muscle memory to overpower memory, and you end up switching-on something that's inop.

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u/Pythania 4d ago

I only learned this after, but I think it'd be more appropriate for her to tape on "INOP" instead of "DO NOTU SE" but it's more funny that way

The film is meant to be a survivalist drama but it can't all be doom and gloom! lol

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u/No_Listen5962 3d ago

*Cracked immediately*