Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
26-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
26-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
Returning to the Moon ., , for industrialization! Habitats are the cost-effective way to house people on the Moon for more than a couple of days. NASA, universities, and aerospace companies have designed lunar habitats to house astronauts for their lunar tour of duty. Designs range from "campsites" to permanent "cities" for human, development of the Moon, but the purpose is all the same: to provide shelter and a livable environment to enable the astronauts and mission equipment to fulfill the mission objectives.
The habitat design is influenced by the launch vehicle payload envelope, lunar environment, mission operations, degree of commonality/optimization, and necessary radiation protection. The mission requirements generally demand that the habitat provide support for extravehicular activity (EVA), thermal control, environmental control, life support, power, and communications and data handling (C&DH) to meet the industrialization objective. This paper discusses the above elements of the habitat design with respect to past study results performed by NASA, university, and aerospace companies.
Paper Session II-C - Considerations of a Lunar Habitat Design
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Returning to the Moon ., , for industrialization! Habitats are the cost-effective way to house people on the Moon for more than a couple of days. NASA, universities, and aerospace companies have designed lunar habitats to house astronauts for their lunar tour of duty. Designs range from "campsites" to permanent "cities" for human, development of the Moon, but the purpose is all the same: to provide shelter and a livable environment to enable the astronauts and mission equipment to fulfill the mission objectives.
The habitat design is influenced by the launch vehicle payload envelope, lunar environment, mission operations, degree of commonality/optimization, and necessary radiation protection. The mission requirements generally demand that the habitat provide support for extravehicular activity (EVA), thermal control, environmental control, life support, power, and communications and data handling (C&DH) to meet the industrialization objective. This paper discusses the above elements of the habitat design with respect to past study results performed by NASA, university, and aerospace companies.
Comments
Lunar Industrialization and Colonization
Session Chairman: Hyam Benaroya, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
Session Organizer: Alan Drysdale