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Related to this topic and I expect the matter is addressed elsewhere on here, it has long been intriguing how a supposedly Christian country and first world country's government keeps naming its human spaceflight programs after pagan gods from a second world country: what's up with that?

Sorry, can't help; all I can do is say, that is interesting!

Going by how the deck and superstructure are rendered with their perspective lines relationship being a bit wonky, as are several other perspective lines, I'm going to expect wonky blade perspective instead of horizontal blades. However ... There is the question of whether the blades are...

A thing I wonder about those designs is whether a wind strong enough to provide propulsion would/could/might also provide enough push against the 'sail area' of the superstructure sides to interfere with steering. And how much mass is that apparently fortified superstructure? And how much...

Totally independent of any matters of practicality and/or reality of the prototype, I kind of like that one with the round tower and elevated stern. With model building being an interest, my brain goes to pondering what remarks and interest a radio control model might get at the pond. Been ages...