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Nasa's Advanced Life Support Systems Human-Rated Test Facility (1996)
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Title: Nasa's Advanced Life Support Systems Human-Rated Test Facility
Authors: D. Henninger, T. Tri, N. Packham
Journal Name: Adv Space Res .
Year of Publication: 1996
Page Number: 223
Category: biosphere
Availability: abs
Detail Page: /papers/294
Web Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/027311779500812S?via%3Dihub
BoK Link: [[paper:294]]
Abstract
uture NASA missions to explore the solar system will be long-duration missions, requiring human life support systems which must operate with very high reliability over long periods of time. Such systems must be highly regenerative, requiring minimum resupply, to enable the crews to be largely self-sufficient. These regenerative life support systems will use a combination of higher plants, microorganisms, and physicochemical processes to recycle air and water, produce food, and process wastes. A key step in the development of these systems is establishment of a human-rated test facility specifically tailored to evaluation of closed, regenerative life supports systems--one in which long-duration, large-scale testing involving human test crews can be performed. Construction of such a facility, the Advanced Life Support Program's (ALS) Human-Rated Test Facility (HRTF), has begun at NASA's Johnson Space Center, and definition of systems and development of initial outfitting concepts for the facility are underway. This paper will provide an overview of the HRTF project plan, an explanation of baseline configurations, and descriptive illustrations of facility outfitting concepts.
Title: Nasa's Advanced Life Support Systems Human-Rated Test Facility
Authors: D. Henninger, T. Tri, N. Packham
Journal Name: Adv Space Res .
Year of Publication: 1996
Page Number: 223
Category: biosphere
Availability: abs
Detail Page: /papers/294
Web Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/027311779500812S?via%3Dihub
BoK Link: [[paper:294]]
Abstract
uture NASA missions to explore the solar system will be long-duration missions, requiring human life support systems which must operate with very high reliability over long periods of time. Such systems must be highly regenerative, requiring minimum resupply, to enable the crews to be largely self-sufficient. These regenerative life support systems will use a combination of higher plants, microorganisms, and physicochemical processes to recycle air and water, produce food, and process wastes. A key step in the development of these systems is establishment of a human-rated test facility specifically tailored to evaluation of closed, regenerative life supports systems--one in which long-duration, large-scale testing involving human test crews can be performed. Construction of such a facility, the Advanced Life Support Program's (ALS) Human-Rated Test Facility (HRTF), has begun at NASA's Johnson Space Center, and definition of systems and development of initial outfitting concepts for the facility are underway. This paper will provide an overview of the HRTF project plan, an explanation of baseline configurations, and descriptive illustrations of facility outfitting concepts.