Concepts for 1st generation hybrid and inflatable habitats with in-situ resource utilisation for the Moon, Mars and Phobos: Results of the Habitat Design Workshop.
- Paper number
IAC-05-D4.1.03
- Author
Mr. Douglas K. R. Robinson, MoonMarsWorking Group / University of Twente, The Netherlands
- Coauthor
Ms. Manuela Aguzzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- Coauthor
Mrs. Sandra Haeuplik, University of Technology Vienna, Austria
- Coauthor
Mr. Erik Laan, Nederlandse Vereninging voor Ruimtevaart (NVR), The Netherlands
- Coauthor
Mr. Michael Glenn Sterenborg, The Netherlands
- Year
2005
- Abstract
The challenge over the coming decades is to create and execute a sustainable programme of exploration, utilisation and settlement of the solar system. This challenge is inherently interdisciplinary, meaning that science and technology developments go hand in hand with economics, industry, politics and society. In addition, those who will face the challenge of stepping away from Earth to explore the solar system are currently studying at schools and universities, or are just beginning their careers. The MoonMars Working Group is a postgraduate led programme of interactive, international and transdisciplinary projects, which aims to get undergraduates and young professionals actively involved in MoonMars projects, workshops and other related events. Over the next three years, the MoonMars Working Group, through a number of projects, will design a programme for human and robotic exploration, utilisation and settlement of the Solar System. This will cover both systems engineering projects, mission analysis and design, economic, sociological and societal aspects, human factors, and will integrate societal, policy and legal issues into the design as well. This final scenario (programme definition), with specific milestones and a step-by step approach, focuses on scientific and technological return on investment, societal and economic aspects, sustainable utilisation of solar system resources, programmatic challenges to be faced (both technological and non-technological) and the role of various players in the space sector (industrial, commercial, agency and government) as humans once again go beyond LEO. This large multi-disciplinary project has been broken down in to a number of events to be held around the world and combined in a final scenario development workshop. This paper presents the results of the first of these activities: the Habitat Design Project which combined online research followed by an intensive 8-day Habitat Design Workshop, held at ESTEC, the Netherlands, followed by further development and analysis by the international team. The workshop, bringing together 40 graduates, post graduates and young space researchers from across Europe, contained expert lectures covering subjects like the Moon/Mars environment, systems engineering, architectural design, human factors etc. and culminated in a design exercise which lead to the development of design concepts of Lunar, Martian and Phobos habitat. This paper gives an explanation and discussion of the habitats and scenarios developed in the workshop that integrate new technologies, materials and strategies underlining the features of sustainable concepts through detailed discussion and illustrations. The added value of this Habitat Design Workshop is the combination of analysis and design of habitat concepts from a systems engineering and natural sciences perspective with an architectural design and human factors perspective. Reflecting the multi-disciplinarity needed for the development of extraterrestrial human habitats, the participants comprised of students from disciplines such as engineering, medicine, physics, architecture and industrial design. The MoonMars Working Group believe that overcoming the challenges of a sustainable programme of exploration, utilisation and settlement of the solar system, an interdisciplinary approach to extraterrestrial habitats is essential for success. The Habitat Design Workshop is an on-going activity and we welcome constructive criticism and suggestions.
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