Lunar architecture, rover & airlock validation

Maelstrom II is adapted from Arthur C. Clarke's short story, produced by Jeroen Lapré — a visual-effects artist formerly of Industrial Light & Magic (Star Wars, The Abyss) who worked directly with Arthur C. Clarke. He needed the lunar architecture, rover, and airlock to be scientifically realistic enough to honor Clarke's rigor.

Validate the lunar architecture, rover design, and airlock design so the production would hold up to informed scrutiny — from the geometry of the surface habitat to the mechanics of how a crew actually moves through an airlock, without slowing the creative process.

We reviewed the lunar architecture, rover, and airlock against how these systems really work: spatial proportions, mechanical logic, and operational sequences. We corrected the elements that would not hold up and elevated the space environments so they read as credible on screen, flagging where a real space architect would push back and offering alternatives that kept the story intact.

Space environments that hold up to scrutiny on screen — grounded in the actual engineering logic of lunar surface operations, while serving the film rather than fighting it.