So, I think the payload bay has an internal diameter of 8 m so a floor area of 50 m2. A studio in New York is roughly between 250 and 500 square feet (23 - 46 m2). They show one and a half levels here and I agree the double airlock and the equipment locker are below this level and a half. My point is, whats rendered is huge compared to current craft (or living quarters on a submarine or military boat), but compared to what most humans are used to living in its not an absurd amount and they have both volume available and very little rendered that would be used for day to day living. I doubt they would ship without more thought to the living space and that makes these renders seem pretty vague and low quality to me
It looks like the internal volume for the payload bay has a height of about 15 m and that’s a little more than five floors assuming they are roughly the same height as an apartment? Agreed that is an absurd about of floor area but I don’t think as absurd as a close to empty volume
That said, I did go back and look at the renders again and they’re not as bad as I remembered them. I’m probably mostly reacting to people getting excited by them since I don’t think they add any new info and I’d be surprised if the ship came out close to those renderings
So, I think the payload bay has an internal diameter of 8 m so a floor area of 50 m2. A studio in New York is roughly between 250 and 500 square feet (23 - 46 m2). They show one and a half levels here and I agree the double airlock and the equipment locker are below this level and a half. My point is, whats rendered is huge compared to current craft (or living quarters on a submarine or military boat), but compared to what most humans are used to living in its not an absurd amount and they have both volume available and very little rendered that would be used for day to day living. I doubt they would ship without more thought to the living space and that makes these renders seem pretty vague and low quality to me
It looks like the internal volume for the payload bay has a height of about 15 m and that’s a little more than five floors assuming they are roughly the same height as an apartment? Agreed that is an absurd about of floor area but I don’t think as absurd as a close to empty volume
That said, I did go back and look at the renders again and they’re not as bad as I remembered them. I’m probably mostly reacting to people getting excited by them since I don’t think they add any new info and I’d be surprised if the ship came out close to those renderings