As long duration, manned missions to Mars are studied for feasibility, the requirements to maintain a crew for two years in hostile environments while allowing productive and necessary work to occur, quickly becomes a driving force. Based on a mission scenario developed in the Explorations Program Office at the Johnson Space, the Initial Mars Habitat (IMH) explores one solution to providing a six person crew with the necessary hardware, logistics and environment to support a 500 day Martian surface stay. Many key issues drove the development of this initial concept; crew safety, logistics resupply, crew productivity and several critical mission element assumptions such as the limitations of a surface lander. Consideration of expansion beyond the first mission to an enhanced capability base was also integrated into the development of the IMH.
An Initial Mars Habitat (IMH)
AIAA, AHS, and ASEE, Aerospace Design Conference ; 1993 ; Irvine, CA, United States
1993-02-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
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Volumetric Integration of Functions for a Long Term Initial Mars Habitat
SAE Technical Papers | 1993
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