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>>9675607
That's my view of Discovery as well. Everything within a pressurized shell. We know the bridge and the pod bay are pressurized (the latter when the doors are closed.)

I was thinking more of the set-up Poul Anderson used in "Starfarers". Two counter-rotating toroids. I've drawn this, based on descriptions.
Coil is ion-thruster. Boom at far end is magnetic shield against interstellar dust. Aft wheel holds the technobabble (though he tried valiantly to make it seem plausible) almost-as-fast-as-light drive.
You can see that going between wheels (say, to inspect the machinery) would be a major operation. That issue never comes up in the book.