Intended to resemble an Irish burial mound, or tumulus, it also suggests that the landscape has been flown in on a large spaceship -- especially at night, when it is lighted from inside, creating an eerie glow.
The plot in District 9 involved a large spaceship that suddenly appeared above Johannesburg, filled with diseased and dying space aliens.
The group lands on a large spaceship that contains dinosaurs and discover that it is a Silurian ark, though the Silurians have been murdered by Solomon David Bradleyy), a black market trader who is intent on finding something of value.
White Knight Two has been redesigned wholesale to lift a much larger spaceship with eight people on board instead of three.
A detailed study has been made of the possibilities of using nuclear explosions to propel large spaceships, and, from a technical point of view, there is no reason that this cannot be done; indeed, if we are to transport really large loads to, say, the planets, it is essential that it be done.
Some want large spaceships that never touch ground on either end, cycling back and forth indefinitely with astronauts ferried up and down on both ends, a la Buzz Aldrin.
Directed by the group's synth player, Lorenzo Papace, the four-minute short integrates a highly stylized live action sequence, where the band encounters a large, Soviet-looking spaceship before embarking on a space voyage filled with paper cut-outs and in-camera effects that would even make Michel Gondry proud.
One of Branson's many companies, Virgin Galactic, has built its own spaceship, and a large model of it was hanging from the ceiling.
Described as a digital Lego set, players are free to explore a vast, blocky landscape, building whatever they like, from castles to spaceships, with a large range of materials.
For example, this year, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a 19-acre facility for SpaceX to develop its BFR rocket and spaceship system on a large parcel at the Port of Los Angeles.
A large book depicting cross-sections of the spaceships from Star Wars.
