October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... Mars. The simulated surface EVAs included egress and ingress from a planetary habitat (the result of another FP7 R&D project, the SHEE - Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments - was used for this purpose), exploration and...
April 2018
Developing Mars
...excellent structural mass-efficiency, using floating inflatable cryogenic vessels. Sacramento Railroad Station (1874) by William Hahn. Habitats - hotels Habs are analogous to the traditional hotels of Sacramento Station: they offer leased space. High...
April 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... at a time. A new wave of lunar exploration is just getting underway in this scenario. Researchers figuring out how to make habitats out of lunar regolith, the abrasive dust and sharp rocks of the surface, still work back on Earth...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... to protect the Moon as there is no life there. But with proposed missions planned to establish a more permanent habitat, extract local resources and potentially use these to explore Mars, perhaps it is time to rethink old attitudes towards ...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
... three trillion dollars and assume all sorts of leading-edge developments, such as in-orbit servicing and manufacturing, habitats and the development of an in-orbit economy, even extending to other planetary bodies and extracting resources from...
January 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
...life support system, similar to the system on our spaceship Earth. Spaceflight parameters All spaceship and space habitat structures such as Medusa touch on what we call spaceflight parameters: self-sufficiency, limited resources, minimal space, life...
