Welcome to 2018! Understandably things have been a little quiet over the holiday period, but in the new year's first activity summary we get our first look at what the crew of Endeavour will look like and another option for what the bridge might look like.

Discussion Highlights

Crew Structure

Vessel Development Group

This post links to an article which includes the first forecast of what how Endeavour's crew will be structured - important to this group because the vessel has to have room for them all. 

This topic is also covered in a related mission blog post: Endeavour's Crew where a discussion is underway.

Civilians Getting Close to Our Nav Tech?

Navigation Group

This post looks at how close civilian research efforts are getting to the technology Endeavour will use to navigate in deep space.

You can find more detail about navigation here.

Alternate Bridge Layout

Vessel Development Group

An alternative bridge layout has been proposed to the one included in the last digest. Which do you think is better?