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I will also pick the USS Enterprise from Star Trek.
It actually was very different from any previous space ship design at the time.
Remember that this was created in and for a TV show in the 60's. If you think about previous sci-fi and the ships, this was very different and "out there" for a design.
But the designer of the ship, Matt Jefferies, put a lot of thought into the ship and not just how cool he thought he could or should make it.
And lets not just limit ourselves to just the look of the ship from the outside. Jefferies designed the inside with just as much thought. The panels and controls of the ships interior were designed in a way so if anything went wrong it was all very easy to get to...most of the time. This also eliminated the need for an outside spacewalk for repairs which was also great for a 60's TV show budget.
He gave all of the bridge an easy to use ergonomic design, something we ourselves of course wouldn't see in our own lives until many years later.
Some have said that the engine room was small compared to the overall size of the ship and have argued that it was due to budgeting. Actually, he designed it that way on purpose. He figured that a large state of the art ship of the future like that would probably be run by one or two control panels on the main bridge.
Knowing that the warp engines would be extremely powerful and so of course could also be very dangerous, he designed them to be further away from the main sections of the ship.
His most rewarding work though was on the design of it's main bridge. This was so unique and well thought out for it's time that officials from the U.S. Navy actually paid the Star Trek set a visit not long after it was first on the air. After getting a grand tour of the set the Navy officials were so impressed by the overall design of the USS Enterprise bridge that it became the main influence for the design of the U.S. Navy's Master Communications Center based in California.
So yeah, I pick the USS Enterprise :D
It actually was very different from any previous space ship design at the time.
Remember that this was created in and for a TV show in the 60's. If you think about previous sci-fi and the ships, this was very different and "out there" for a design.
But the designer of the ship, Matt Jefferies, put a lot of thought into the ship and not just how cool he thought he could or should make it.
And lets not just limit ourselves to just the look of the ship from the outside. Jefferies designed the inside with just as much thought. The panels and controls of the ships interior were designed in a way so if anything went wrong it was all very easy to get to...most of the time. This also eliminated the need for an outside spacewalk for repairs which was also great for a 60's TV show budget.
He gave all of the bridge an easy to use ergonomic design, something we ourselves of course wouldn't see in our own lives until many years later.
Some have said that the engine room was small compared to the overall size of the ship and have argued that it was due to budgeting. Actually, he designed it that way on purpose. He figured that a large state of the art ship of the future like that would probably be run by one or two control panels on the main bridge.
Knowing that the warp engines would be extremely powerful and so of course could also be very dangerous, he designed them to be further away from the main sections of the ship.
His most rewarding work though was on the design of it's main bridge. This was so unique and well thought out for it's time that officials from the U.S. Navy actually paid the Star Trek set a visit not long after it was first on the air. After getting a grand tour of the set the Navy officials were so impressed by the overall design of the USS Enterprise bridge that it became the main influence for the design of the U.S. Navy's Master Communications Center based in California.
So yeah, I pick the USS Enterprise :D
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