HONEYCOMB
Building the Settlement
The process of building the modules can start as soon as the final design is ready and funding for the project is approved. In order to maximize the use of time and other resources, we believe that the Honeycomb should be built as a joint project between government forces and private space agencies. The first few modules will be made out of parts created on Earth and assembled in space. This way, components can be shipped from Earth as soon as production ends, reducing associated deadlines by more than half. The delivery will be done by Space X Falcon 9 or a newer generation of reusable rockets. The actual building process will be supervised by engineers living in temporary space camps for up to six months. Once the first Accommodation module is ready, the first group of people can start living on the settlement. As the number of cells in the lattice grows, so will the settlement’s autonomy and independence from Earth.
Unfinished honeycomb cell.
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