We map what a firm already does well against what space programs need, and show where its methods transfer and where they break.
Habitats, interiors, structures and materials are problems design and engineering firms solve every day. What changes in space is the set of constraints: mass, volume, radiation, closed-loop life support and the human body in reduced gravity.
We help firms build credible space work on their existing practice, starting from the competencies they already have.
Mapping a firm’s competencies against NASA’s technology taxonomy to find transferable work and pilot technologies.
Habitat and interior design, crew quarters and accommodations, and soft architecture and furniture.
Design for the lunar surface and for the analog sites where habitats are first tested.
How material-ecology methods hold up under mass, radiation and life support constraints.
Some clients are not named at their request.
After a site visit on July 16, 2021, prepared an initial design breakdown for the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars: preliminary interior concepts, simulation approaches, scope and contract structure.
Mapped a 15,000-person firm’s competencies against NASA’s technology taxonomy. Identified seven transferable competencies and three pilot technologies.
Client · Global engineering firm
Advised on where the firm’s design methods transfer to space habitation, where they break, and how to build credible space work on its existing practice.
Client ·Design and innovation firm
Advised on how material-ecology methods hold up under mass, radiation and closed-loop life support constraints. Confidential at the client’s request.
Client · Renowned designer and researcher