 Following this initial usage , the approved model was only used as a stand @-@ in for the production version in the previews in the fourth season . The drawing of the exterior of Enterprise in the captain 's ready room was created by John Eaves in less than 24 hours alongside four other drawings of earlier incarnations of the name . The shuttlecraft on the show were directly inspired by the Lockheed Martin X @-@ 33 , with Zimmerman saying that the re @-@ entry vehicles used now will be the same technology used in the time of Enterprise because up until then they won 't have had the technological push that comes from developing the advanced technology seen being introduced for the first time on the show . These were referred to as shuttlepods in the show ; Enterprise was equipped with two of them . 
