Common habitat transport

grabcad

To transport a 90T tank ø8400x15600 over rough terrain, unmanned over 5 km does not seem possible to me. Specialy on Mars with a time delay of 12 minutes.A better plan is to land the rocket where it will be used, before the habitat is built. The payload bay of the rocket can also be used in this way. Moving by lifting and lowering can damage the construction when the lifting legs are placed on not homogene soil, not horizontal terrain or rocky surfaces. A walking leg that lift the habitat and then falls foreward will not contribute to the lifetime of the habitat (see picture), in combination with the wheels it can help to overcome ramps and obstacles.A solution with wheels is more realistic. With 12 big wheels (see picture) with a balance system for equal load distrubution the loads are: moon 14,6/12=1.2T/wheel load, mars 33,7/12=2,8T/wheel load. The six wheelpair can be reused to make 3 exploration or roadbilding carts. To save space the wheels can be radial folded like a cristmas clock. Lifting: the wheel sets can lift the load for 2 meter (not 5 as requested). On internet I find a crableg contruction and a modulair leg solution called 'worms'. Nice ideas but not suitable for 100t loads.