Insight · Jun 12, 2023
The Economics of Reconfigurable Habitat Volume
In a habitat, the ability to repurpose a volume quickly is worth more than any single fixed function.
Image: NASA
Volume is the constraint
Launch mass makes interior volume the scarcest resource. A space that serves three functions across a day earns its mass in a way a single-use room never can.
Design for change
We design for fast reconfiguration, then quantify the crew-time it recovers.