The Lunar Habitat Configuration Assessment evaluated the major habitat approaches that were conceptually developed during the Lunar Architecture Team II Study. The objective of the configuration assessment was to identify desired features, operational considerations, and risks to derive habitat requirements. This assessment only considered operations pertaining to the lunar surface and did not consider all habitat conceptual designs developed. To examine multiple architectures, the Habitation Focus Element Team defined several adequate concepts which warranted the need for a method to assess the various configurations. The fundamental requirement designed into each concept included the functional and operational capability to support a crew of four on a six-month lunar surface mission; however, other conceptual aspects were diverse in comparison. The methodology utilized for this assessment consisted of defining figure of merits, providing relevant information, and establishing a scoring system. In summary, the assessment considered the geometric configuration of each concept to determine the complexity of unloading, handling, mobility, leveling, aligning, mating to other elements, and the accessibility to the lunar surface. In theory, the assessment was designed to derive habitat requirements, potential technology development needs and identify risks associated with living and working on the lunar surface. Although the results were more subjective opposed to objective, the assessment provided insightful observations for further assessments and trade studies of lunar surface habitats. This overall methodology and resulting observations will be describe in detail and illustrative examples will be discussed.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Lunar Surface Habitat Configuration Assessment: Methodology and Observations


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    Earth and Space Conference 2008: 11th International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments ; 2008 ; Long Beach, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2008-03-03


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





    Minimal Configuration Lunar Habitat

    Degtyarev, Alexander / Kushnar'ov, Olexandr / Baranov, Evgeniy et al. | AIAA | 2018


    Minimal Configuration Lunar Habitat (AIAA 2018-2380)

    Degtyarev, Alexander / Kushnar ov, Olexandr / Baranov, Evgeniy et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2018


    Internal Layout Assessment of a Lunar Surface Habitat

    C. Burke / R. L. Howard / P. Kessler | NTIS | 2022


    Internal Layout Assessment of a Lunar Surface Habitat

    Burke, Callie J. / Howard, Robert L. | AIAA | 2022