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One object. Two lives.

How does part of a spacecraft become the first architecture on Mars?

The journey does not end at landing. It changes state.

Exploded architectural study of a spacecraft separating into modular elements
Transport system / detachable module study
  1. 01SpacecraftTransport
  2. 02DetachSeparate
  3. 03DeployReconfigure
  4. 04HabitatInhabit
Michael Wang's spacecraft approaching Mars
Approaching Mars A spacecraft conceived with its second life in mind. Original spacecraft visualization

Selected technical studies

The architectural question has technical consequences.

Three studies follow the same object through protection, release and occupation. They establish that a system exists without resolving every mechanism here.

01
Survive transit

Protect the detachable habitat.

A protective layer and high-strength net respond to orbital exposure and Martian dust before the module becomes architecture.

Orbital protection, net structure, dust resistance and material studies Open full image ↗
02
Change state

Dock, detach and deploy.

Active, hard and soft capture systems manage transfer. Foldable legs allow the released module to meet the surface.

Docking, capture, foldable leg and surface deployment studies Open full image ↗
03
Become habitat

Adapt, connect and inhabit.

Soil, anchoring, stability, assembly, ventilation and resource distribution turn a landed object into a settlement system.

Martian soil, habitat assembly, stability and resource distribution studies Open full image ↗

The object has reached the surface. The next question is scale.

Previous page Deploy the habitat