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Design and Prototyping of Life Support and Agriculture for Extended Space Habitation and Travel ()
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Title: Design and Prototyping of Life Support and Agriculture for Extended Space Habitation and Travel
Authors: M. Dudziak
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Category: technosphere
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An experimental design is presented for a modular, reconfigurable multi-function platform that can beconstructed in near-orbit or deep-space, for use in life support and emergency repair/reconstruction taskswithin extended long-distance and long-duration space missions. This design is based upon a series ofpredecessor designs and deployments originating in applications ranging from emergency services toenvironmental monitoring and testing labs. The novelty in this “PodAtrium” architecture is the emphasisupon multi-functionality for structural components as well as internal apparatus including furnishings thatare composed of basic elements that can be disassembled and reassembled as necessary and as demandedby the needs of a crew operating in isolation from any support craft or stationary habitation such as anexoplanetary base. Attention in the present phase of research and development has been upon the use ofstructural elements within a PodAtrium complex that can serve alternatively for a hydroponics-basedgreenhouse, a fuel-cell based power plant, and an asteroid mining operation, each of which couldconceivably fulfill important roles at different times in the lifespan operations for a long-distanceinterstellar space vehicle with human crew onboard.
Title: Design and Prototyping of Life Support and Agriculture for Extended Space Habitation and Travel
Authors: M. Dudziak
Journal Name:
Year of Publication:
Page Number:
Category: technosphere
Availability: pdf
Detail Page: /papers/402
Web Link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Dudziak-2/publication/278669227_Design_and_Prototyping_of_Life_Support_and_Agriculture_for_Extended_Space_Habitation_and_Travel/links/5582172e08ae1b14a0a104c0/Design-and-Prototyping-of-Life-Support-and-Agriculture-for-Extended-Space-Habitation-and-Travel.pdf
BoK Link: [[paper:402]]
Abstract
An experimental design is presented for a modular, reconfigurable multi-function platform that can beconstructed in near-orbit or deep-space, for use in life support and emergency repair/reconstruction taskswithin extended long-distance and long-duration space missions. This design is based upon a series ofpredecessor designs and deployments originating in applications ranging from emergency services toenvironmental monitoring and testing labs. The novelty in this “PodAtrium” architecture is the emphasisupon multi-functionality for structural components as well as internal apparatus including furnishings thatare composed of basic elements that can be disassembled and reassembled as necessary and as demandedby the needs of a crew operating in isolation from any support craft or stationary habitation such as anexoplanetary base. Attention in the present phase of research and development has been upon the use ofstructural elements within a PodAtrium complex that can serve alternatively for a hydroponics-basedgreenhouse, a fuel-cell based power plant, and an asteroid mining operation, each of which couldconceivably fulfill important roles at different times in the lifespan operations for a long-distanceinterstellar space vehicle with human crew onboard.