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We studied concepts for a minimal Moon-Mars habitat, focussing on the system aspects and as an evolving architecture. We validated experimentally the Habitat and Laboratory ExoHab concept constraints during EuroGeoMars campaign in Utah desert research station.
In early 2009, a team led by the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota was awarded a 3-year NASA grant to study advanced inflatable habitat architecture concepts that could be adapted for use on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars. This paper will present a progress report as the project passes its initial six-month milestone. The study involves a hybrid inflatable design concept that is intended to maximize the commonality of technologies used in several different pressurized subsystems, including the habitat, airlocks and connecting structures, space suits, and pressurized rover interfaces. The hybrid approach involves an inflatable fabric structure that is constrained by an internal rigid frame which is constructed from elements contained in a palleted kit of parts. Once the pallet is emplaced on the surface, the inflatable bladder is expanded partially whereupon astronauts enter the interior to erect the spaceframe. The purpose of the frame is to structurally support the habitat during times of depressurization. The frame also operates to support the attachment of concentrated loads such as floor and wall panels, life support equipment, storage racks, and importantly, to provide a means by which the habitat can be rigidly connected to other base elements. A unique node connector is being devised to marry the pneumatic bladder to the frame, thereby allowing substantial structural loads to pass through the bladder without penetration. By avoiding a domed upper surface and keeping the floor of the habitat near the surface, this configuration is structurally and morphologically capable of supporting an overburden of heavy regolith for radiation shielding.
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Due to the recently growing interest regarding the future colonization of Mars, an increasing number of plans appeared in the last few years to fulfil the need for a safe habitat for the first Martian colonists. Numerous fanciful design ideas presented on competitions held by NASA and other space research organizations. However our detailed study revealed, that most designs suffer of shortages and either difficult to manifest or does not meet the safety requirements of the first Martian missions, e.g. shielding against radiations or impacting particles. After analysing the problems of safety and feasibility we tried to design a habitat that is realizable taking into account the cargo capacity of the spacecrafts of our near future and the use of the locally available materials of Mars. Further requirement was for our design that the pioneers’ habitat should not be a tiny, prison-like lair, but a spacious, liveable and safe living area, that is suitable for continuous habitation. The frame of our design is an inflatable structure, which is supplied with the proper shielding and insulation by locally available materials. The special ventilation system and the large greenhouses of this habitat is serving the colonists with food, oxygen and liveable space – and even rocket propellant materials.
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Will humans be able to keep their habits even in extreme conditions such as on the Moon? Or will their habits change to adjust to new spaces? In order to answer these questions, we decided to analyze the primary needs of humans to design to new living spaces. In extreme contexts or confined spaces, it is very hard to preserve one’s emotional and psychological balance. Therefore, man becomes an actor within the space, adjusting to make it his own and changing his habits. This is why we chose to use the philosophy of User Centered Design for our design: humans are the source of our inspiration. We aim to design a living space employing a standard container that can be used as a research station for working and living on both the Moon and Mars, or in emergency contexts on Earth. This project is divided into three equally important parts: analysis, meta-design, and technical design. We started by researching confined spaces under extreme conditions, such as military shelters, submarines...
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This paper is intended to introduce new conceptual architectural designs and engineering proposals developed by the author to: create maximum internal efficiency in a Martian habitat, to provide great interior expansions when ready to be used on Mars surface but able to compact itself in order to be transported, to maximize the interior useful area, to use some of the most abundant materials in Mars with no physical/chemical transformation, and in the process offer the crucial radiation shielding to preserve the life of those living in it. The habitat developed, is composed of three parts, the first part is a metallic structure that will be shipped from Earth with all the materials and equipment that cannot be manufactured in Mars by an initial settlement, the second part will be a pneumatic structure composed of: an inflatable membrane structure to hold the interior atmosphere of 1 bar, embedded to a containment chamber for Mars regolith that will work as radiation shield, and the ...
2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference
NASA's advanced exploration systems Mars transit habitat refinement point of departure design2017 •
Uporedno pomorsko pravo
Upis brodova i hipoteke u jugoslavenski upisnik : (Pogled iz prakse)1990 •
Članak (napisan kao podloga izlaganja na seminaru iz pomorskog prava u Zagrebu, studenoga 1989.) razmatra teorijska i praktična pitanja vezana uz: a) opis brodova u jugoslavenski upisnik (uvjete za upis, podložnost plaćanju carine, status inozemnog vlasnika upisanog u jugoslavenski upisnik glede plovidbe u kabotaži, izdavanja privremenoga plovidbenog lista, nadležnost suda za upis, itd.) s primjerima iz prakse; b) upis i izvršenje jugoslavenske hipoteke predlažući (oslanjajući se na uporedno pravo) rješenja pojedinih pitanja koja nisu uređena propisima ili sudskom praksom.
Rowan Cahill: Radical Historian, Author, Educator website
On Being Broken2024 •
Discussion of the Australian Universities Accord Final Report (February 2024), the crisis it addressed in the Australian university system, its causes, and the possibility that in the recommended reform process the Military Industrial Complex and AUKUS interests will detrimentally take advantage.
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Advances in Health Sciences Research
Effects of Mass Media in Sports2022 •
Molecular Psychiatry
Transcriptomic signatures of treatment response to the combination of escitalopram and memantine or placebo in late-life depression2020 •
Advances in Water Resources
Connected pathway relative permeability from pore-scale imaging of imbibition2016 •
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Financial Accountability & Management
Non-profit vulnerability: An exploratory study2017 •
Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Evaluation of Sulfate Resistance of Portland Cement Mortars Containing Low-Carbon Rice Husk Ash