[stevenkovar]

The NASA division I interned at was tasked with creating better living spaces for astronauts. The division was decommissioned soon after my internship ended because astronauts more or less said, "We don't need more space. We get to be astronauts."

While I'm sure it's not the case, this seems like something SpaceX designed before talking to astronauts (and I doubt that's actually the case). However, it's a crew transport and not payload transport, so their space (volume, that is) considerations could be much less particular.

[goatforce5]

Yes. It does seem unnecessarily large inside.

They mention they have nice windows to get a good view of things. Might they be planning to use this capsule for space tourism? (i.e., send a few people up to do an orbit or two and give them a chance to get out of their seats and move about.)

http://www.zmescience.com/space/spacex-reusable-rocket-100-t...

[Havoc]

Its an early view. Once you cover the walls with compartments for storing random crap and add a bunch of people in there it'll definitely not look "unnecessarily large".