Orbital Design
Architecture and engineering for spacecraft and space habitats.
From Earth to Orbit
Trained as an architect, I use the design, storytelling, programming, iterative, and technical skills gained in the course of my profession to synthesize new concepts for space architecture. These concepts often take the form of speculative designs and/or academic papers, but can also be simple sketches or illustrations.
-Elliott Orion Ruzicka
Latest Blog
Introducing Project Orbital
This project is an expansion of the original blog post from 2020 titled "The Decoupled Orbital". In that post I outlined a method for overcoming the size limitations inherent in rotating space habitats. I have since expanded upon that modest post, recently culminating in the presentation of a research paper at the 2024 International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy…