Forever adapting, forever evolving
This project revolved
around theorizing and designing a self sustaining space colony. The
colony had to exist in a near-future world using technologies somewhat
grounded in the real world. This meant considering how large of a
payload could be launched, how oxygen is generated, how food is grown,
and more. The end goal of the project was to have a poster that was both
informative and visually interesting. This project was a lesson in creative problem solving
within strict limitations
Concept
Named after the Egyptian god of journeys, Khonsu is a fully modular space station that harvests space junk (e.g. dead satellites, derelict spacecraft, and abandoned launch
vehicle stages) in order to perpetually expand itself. Daily life is
spent in zero gravity while sleeping is done in cylinders that spin to
create 1.6Gs to recover from muscle and bone deterioration from living in
zero gravity. Initial Concept Sketches
Layout ConceptFirst attempt. Model is far too simple to convey realism and sizeOriginal modelModel with randomized surface from blender to communicate scale Final Poster