IXS Enterprise
NASA Warp Ship Concept (2013)
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Scale: 1/288
Initial Release: 2023 Medium: Resin Length: 9.5" Kit Rarity: 2 |
About the Design
Introduced at the SpaceVision conference in 2013 by Dr. Harold "Sonny" White, the IXS Enterprise is a conceptual interstellar spacecraft currently under development by NASA and Dr. White's private Limitless Space Institute (LSI). The ship's two massive rings are designed to generate a White-Juday warp-field to bend the fabric of space in front of and behind the ship and thus allow the craft to travel faster than the speed of light, a concept first proposed by Dr. Miguel Alcubierre in 1994. The craft also has a large conventional rocket engine for sub-light propulsion.
The ringed spheres on the ship's dorsal and ventral sections are shuttlecraft powered by the same White-Juday warp field system. The ship's intricate design is the work of Dr. White and Dutch digital artist Mark Rademaker, and has been updated since first made public in 2014. |
About the Kit
This 1:288 IXS Enterprise kit was created under license by Limitless Space Institute (LSI) with the cooperation of artist Mark Rademaker. It was released in the fall of 2023.
This model was built from an original issue. |