Space Settlement Design
Around a competition RFP, deliver a full systems proposal for a space city or off-world base under structural, habitat and operational constraints — from breaking down requirements to defending it in English.
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STUDENT ENGINEERING & AEROSPACE CLUB
Butian Engineering Club
We work on space-settlement design, engineering practice and aerospace outreach, developing complete systems proposals from real briefs and defending them in English.
PROJECT ARCHIVE
Recent projects
202520242023
Mars Lava-Tube Base · GFSSM 2025
Teams Tianshu and Tianquan designed a 2075 Mars base at the 2025 GFSSM China round; Tianshu’s company “Orbital Industries” took 2nd and Tianquan’s “Jinwu Energy” took 3rd, with Tianshu also winning Best Qualifying Proposal.
Venus-Orbit Space City · GFSSM 2024
Teams Yuheng and Tianquan designed a Venus-orbit space city at the 2024 GFSSM China round — from winter-break preparation to a 24-hour on-site sprint. Both companies took national runner-up; Team Tianquan won "Best Qualifying Proposal".
Pan’an Outreach Program · 2023
In June 2023, Butian joined the IF Business Club and the school volunteer team in a paired-exchange visit to Jianshan Central Primary School in Pan’an, Jinhua, bringing space-science books and introductory science lessons.
FIELD NOTES
GFSSM China 2024
A record of the team’s 24-hour design sprint and final defense.
Images documented in the public report on GFSSM China 2024 (opens in a new tab); event photographs supplied by Qiushi Innovation Academy.
AREAS OF WORK
From design to outreach
Structure & Infrastructure
Solve load-bearing, pressurization, assembly and infrastructure layout in orbital and off-world environments — so a vast habitat is not just an idea, but a design that holds up.
Habitat & Life Support
Atmosphere cycling, life support, food engineering and crop selection — turning "keep people living here long-term" into computable, verifiable subsystems.
Operations & Business
Organized as a virtual aerospace company: management, operations, risk and business cases that make an engineering proposal both feasible and convincing.
Outreach
Explain the work and pass it on — documentation, space-science outreach and community programs that let what we learn live on inside and beyond the club.
PUBLIC RECORD
Competition record
GFSSM National Champion
Lunar base · Team Tianquan’s company
Three Straight National Finals
2023 1st · 2024 2nd · 2025 2nd+3rd
At the Space Scholars Meet Since
Future Space Scholars Meet
CLUB NOTES
Recent notes
Project updates, competition reviews and club activities.
JOIN BUTIAN
Open to Hangzhou No.2 High School students
Recruitment dates and details are announced each year.