Results of the AIAA Phobos Base Student Design Competition

Paper number

IAC-19,E5,1B,4,x53442

Author

Dr. Marc M. Cohen, United States, Space Cooperative Inc.

Coauthor

Mr. Edward Hodgson, United States, Hamilton Sundstrand Space Sytems International

Coauthor

Ms. Donna Rodman, Canada

Year

2019

Abstract

The AIAA Life Science and Systems Technical Committee (LSSTC) and the AIAA Space Architecture Technical Committee (SATC) jointly organized and sponsored the 2017 Phobos Base Student Design Competition.  The design brief conveyed a dual focus on the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) engineering and the Space Architecture for design of the base and habitability for the space living and working environments. This paper presents the results of the winners in the undergraduate and graduate student categories. The purpose of the Phobos Base design competition was to develop an integrated solution for the next step in developing Mars exploration 
 architecture: the Phobos surface base. Phobos base will support exploration of Phobos, the remote exploration of Mars, and the eventual staging of human expeditions to the Mars surface.*

*An earlier version of this paper was first submitted to the AIAA Space 2018 Forum and Exposition.  However, because none of the authors could attend to present it, the AIAA automatically withdrew it from publication under the "No podium/no paper" rule.  So the 70th IAC will be the first time it is presented in public.

Abstract document

IAC-19,E5,1B,4,x53442.brief.pdf

Manuscript document

IAC-19,E5,1B,4,x53442.pdf (🔒 authorized access only).

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