NASA's Constellation Program, which includes the mission objectives of establishing a permanently-manned lunar Outpost, and the exploration of Mars, poses new and unique challenges for human life support systems that will require solutions beyond the Shuttle and International Space Station state of the art systems. In particular, the requirement to support crews for 210 days duration at the lunar outpost with limited resource resupply capability wilt require closed-loop regenerative life support systems with minimal expendables. Planetary environmental conditions such as lunar dust and extreme temperatures, as well as the capability to support frequent and extended-duration EVA's will be particularly challenging. This presentation will summarize the key program and mission life support requirements for the Constellation Program and the unique challenges they present for technology and architecture development.


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    Title :

    Life Support Requirements and Challenges for NASA's Constellation Program


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    16th IAA Humans in Space Symposium ; 2007 ; Beijing, China


    Publication date :

    2007-05-20


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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