Selection of planetary habitat design, envelop type, and overall dimensions must comply with a range of launch, orbital assembly and transfer, landing and surface mobility/deployment constraints. Key among these are launch vehicle payload envelope volume and mass limitations, availability of interfaces to allow transport and landing vehicles rendezvous, footprint and center-of-gravity placements for stable landing and surface relocations, and EVA access determined by the module interior arrangements and entrance levels. This paper discusses rationale for expandable structures applications in relation to these constraints and specific mission’s goals and objectives. It examines some key aspects that form design criteria for selection of external and internal forms of habitable structures. Such design criteria are proposed to compare and evaluate possible alternatives for expandable space structures and architectures studies: orbital platform-gateway habitats and lunar surface mission planning, first outpost configurations and expansions for permanent settlement establishments. In addition, it provides bases for “consolidated assessments” to test preliminary ideas and assumptions and guide documentation of lessons learned. Examples include previous and current space architecture projects conducted at the UH space architecture center (SICSA).
Rationale for Using Inflatable Structures for Habitable Surface Elements and Limitations Associated with Them
17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments ; 2021 ; Virtual Conference
Earth and Space 2021 ; 745-756
2021-04-15
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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