Building Structures with Starship Components

Concept By Anthony Gordon Download High Res PDF 3mb Right Click to View High Res Images Manufacturing requires infrastructure and can be a difficult objective, made worse when faced with the challenges of being off-world. Earth-based prefabrication is a practical approach to building in an environment where seemingly simple tasks become many times more difficult. Borrowing from both marine modular ship construction and intermodal container transport systems, we examine the benefits of standardized components derived from the Starship specification.



Beyond using the Starship as an initial habitat and remote base of operation, it is possible to produce an unmanned variant, designed to carry prefabricated components that are essentially, part of the Starship superstructure during transport.



Each component is, of course, built for a specific purpose and helps simplify the installation of highly interactive structures. For example, building a geodesic dome on-location would likely be a complex and time consuming endeavor. However, installing multiple prefabricated Dome Modules would be as difficult as installing any other Starship-based modular component.



Modular components can be buried, stacked vertically, rotated as an orbital station, configured as a deep-space carrier and more. Pressurized components are ready-to-use, pre-fitted enclosures as opposed to printed or inflated enclosures. Furthermore, these robust modular components will not require robotic or automated assistance to be deployed. Space and lunar based components that are not destined for Mars or not to be returned to Earth, will not require heat shielding.



These modules are inherently versatile in their potential applications and will expedite off-world colonization, and could even facilitate the establishment of extremely remote settlements in the far reaches of the outer system.



Anthony Gordon is an independent product developer, engineer, writer, illustrator, photographer and futurist.

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