Architecture of Habitats for Space Tourism - Investigation of Design Principles
- Paper number
IAC-09.D3.1.5
- Author
Mr. Ondrej Doule, International Space University (ISU), Czech Republic
- Year
2009
- Abstract
The intent of this paper is to discuss architectural design basics for feasible near future development of orbital habitat for space tourism, as well as to bring a new perspective on the design process of space habitats. Architecture of orbital habitats for space tourism (space hotel) is suggests distinct design requirements from scientific, military or politically driven missions. To allow civilian passengers to fully indulge their curiosity and enthusiasm for space flight, the orbital habitat will need to support a wide variety of recreational activities including star gazing, Earth observation and microgravity free float. In doing so, it is important to also ensure the safety and comfort of passengers. To achieve this, space architects will need to draw on extensive data available on human space flight from astronaut missions and limited information from tourist passengers. The altered behavior of untrained space passengers must be also taken into account in order to devise necessary mitigation strategies. To address some of these issues, research is being conducted at the International Space University to investigate the type, layout, interior design constraints and orbit selection to meet the requirements of different human space flight applications (e.g. space station vs space hotel). As part of this investigation, a thorough discussion will be undertaken on the state-of-the-art and in-progress projects for space commercial habitats such as Galactic Suite, Excalibur Almaz, and Bigelow space hotel.
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