Made with Blender.

The crew of 40 live within the ring at the front, which is spun. Due to radiation considerations, the portholes are on the roof. Heading aft, there is a hydroponic greenhouse, with the mirrored petals designed to focus sunlight.

From the Internet Archive and Wikipedia.

Made with Blender.

Lol that's awesome.

"How are you gonna land?"

"Idk, the same way those guys were gonna do it. Next question."

I am working on a model of Boeing's IMIS and it looks like that's the same lander design. Did they reuse it for this?

All made with Blender.

Sept: Orbital Transfer Vehicle (NASA concept)
Oct: Lunar Cycler (personal concept)
Nov: Zond 5 (historical mission)
Dec: Mars Transfer Laboratory (personal concept)

May: Apollo inflatable comm satellite (Convair concept)
June: Personal space shuttle concept inspired by Mead and Colani
July: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)
Aug: Flyback shuttle booster (NASA concept)

I really enjoyed it. I've also read Solaris and His Master's Voice so it was fun to read Lem being a little sillier.

Favorites from other genres: Collapse - Vladislav Zubok, Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon, Libra - Don DeLillo, Orlando - Virginia Woolf

Darkness Gathers Her Lambs for Apocalypse Confidential a First Contact, giallo-style slasher.

apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/12/21/d...

(8/8)

You Who Dwell in the Dust, a story about the psychological toll of a near-future Mars mission for Nocturne Magazine.

www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5

(7/8)