Chris Jones wrote:
I'm pretty sure 3 can fit in the orbital module, but not in that
configuration


They had damn well better hope they can fit up their, as that's where
the toilet is located. :-)
So where's the dinner table?
Simple, it folds down over the toilet when it's not in use.
I'm not kidding, that was actually how it was done on the early versions
of Soyuz. :-D
Actually, the orbital module was fairly roomy on the Soyuz; in fact,
between the descent and orbital module Soyuz had more cubic feet of
living area than the Apollo CM... despite the fact that the whole three
module Soyuz spacecraft only weighed around as much as the Apollo CM due
to the weight of the huge diameter Apollo CM heatshield.
We really should have gone with the three-module GE Apollo design
concept, which was very similar to the Soyuz one... but NASA was
dead-set that it was going to be a squat cone with the giant and heavy
heatshield that that implied.
With making the Orion CM basicly a scaled-up Apollo CM, we are now
replicating a big mistake from the early 1960's in regards to weight and
internal volume versus ability to carry a crew safely back to earth.


Pat