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Thanks for making Real Spaceships!
Suggest you check out Winchell Chung's Atomic Rockets page ([link]) if you haven't already - I find it an invaluable resource when working on designs for my own near-future hard science spacecraft.
Best part is, "Ameatuer" just means the love of. So that includes professionals, as well
And yes, I love Mr. Winchell's website. It's been an invaluable asset and a fantastic source of inspiration for me.
This is actually from my personal Hard SF project called Infinity's Edge. It's kind of a worldbuilding project that I started because I wanted to write a Hard SF novel, but it kind of turned into this massive "project". It's fun though, and I do still intend to write that book (as well as other stories perhaps...)
I deliberately made the portion of the ship facing the camera in shadow to underscore the lighting in space; the only light there is comes from the sun, and anything not in direct sunlight is pitch-black (of course, the sun is off-camera). At this phase of it's mission, the rocket engine is actually pointed "front", as it burns for deceleration on it's final approach to Saturn. I'm not sure if there would be a visible glow on the radiators or not (that might not be a good thing to see, but such "torch" drives would tend to give off a lot of heat (and are currently only in the realm of science fiction, and will probably remain there for several decades at the very least, considering the progress with fusion reactions and the technology needed to miniaturize them to the point of practical, economic use in space travel).
But Hard SF/"Realistic" spaceships are somewhat had to find these days... I'm glad you like it!