Habitability as a Tier One Criterion in Advanced Space Vehicle Design: Part One-Habitability

1999-01-2137

07/12/1999

Event
International Conference On Environmental Systems
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Habitability and human factors are necessary criteria to include in the iterative process of Tier-one vehicle and mission design. Bringing these criteria in at the first, conceptual stage of design for exploration and other human-rated missions can greatly reduce mission development costs, raise the level of efficiency and viability, and improve the chances of success. In offering a rationale for this argument, the authors give an example of how the habitability expert can contribute to early mission and vehicle architecture by defining the formal implications of a habitable vehicle, assessing the viability of units already proposed for exploration missions on the basis of these criteria, and finally, by offering an optimal set of solutions for an example mission.
In this, the first of three papers, we summarize the basic factors associated with habitability, delineate their formal implications for crew accommodations in a long-duration environment, and show examples of how these principles have been applied in two projects at NASA’s Johnson Space Center: the BIO-Plex test facility, and TransHab.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2137
Pages
16
Citation
Adams, C., and McCurdy, M., "Habitability as a Tier One Criterion in Advanced Space Vehicle Design: Part One-Habitability," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-2137, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2137.
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Jul 12, 1999
Product Code
1999-01-2137
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English