[NicknamedBob]

They are in a configuration that looks like this:

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They are still connected together, but now in a binary, rather than trinary configuration.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Ah... speaking of trinary, that would make an interesting replacement to binary on computers and other digital devices - more information per bit!

[King Prout]

this is a very early concept sketch of the craft in transition between planetfall and interplanetary configurations

and this is one in the same series showing the craft in full planetfall configuration.

in all illustrations, the auxiliary environmental pods and engines are not shown, nor are the thrusters or shuttles.