The development of propulsion, navigation and tactical systems has begun to cast light on what combat in space will look like. System teams have shared their thoughts on what might happen if Endeavour goes to battlestations.
With Endeavour's first systems rolling out of the workshop, a crew will soon be needed to operate them them and take Endeavour out into deep space. Check out your options for joining them.
Being able to assess the status of a system at a glance is vital for managing the complex systems aboard Endeavour. While most core functions are automated, there’s still a lot for the crew to keep an eye on.
So you're a multi-national ultra-top-secret organisation and want to build a starship in orbit using alien technology. How could you possibly hope to keep such an undertaking secret from spy agencies, the media and every backyard astronomer whose telescope strays in your general direction? You're not quite in plain sight but may as well be.
The front page of the crew site is designed to display content specific to whoever is logged in. In addition to your profile summary, a couple of new custom features have been added to help facilitate collaboration by keeping you up to date on your group discussions.
Four new crew profiles have been added to the ISDC careers site.
Crew profiles provide an insight into different roles throughout the ISDC and are intended to inspire future recruits. They include an overview of the profiled member’s current role and an insight into how they came to join the ISDC.
Crew profiles also provide valuable insights for existing members into the work being undertaken in different areas of the organisation.
The ISDC’s interstellar vessel has a name chosen from history: Endeavour.
Referred to as “the vessel’ until now, Endeavour has been named after the vessel Captain Cook sailed on his world-changing voyage of exploration in 1768. Pictured is a replica of Endeavour based at the Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia.
The naval architecture team have begun exploring designs for the exterior of the ISDC’s interstellar vessel, with a couple of rounds of design concepts already completed.
The team is guided by the ISDC’s vessel design principles which outline factors such as how long the vessel should be expected to stay in deep space, what she could expect to have to defend herself against and the conditions that her crew should expect aboard.
The ISDC’s third generation of websites are about to be launched.
The new site design recognises the complexities of presenting the dual aspects of immersive sci-fi. The first aspect is a highly-realistic simulated environment where everything is presented as real, while the second aspect is an online TV show. Each aspect now has its own look and feel.
The ISDC’s Generation Program has released an overview of the fusion reactor’s coolant system, coinciding with the commencement of system prototyping. This prototyping is an important next step in the development of a working power system for vessel construction
