November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
..., harvesting of water and generation of oxygen for astronaut life support, and other applications supporting a future human presence. Therefore both scientists and engineers have supported the recent creation of new lunar exploration programmes, and...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... outgassing sites on the Moon, as that it is where it can be best collected at minimum cost. The protective spacesuits and life support systems of Apollo allowed astronauts such as Jack Schmidt to work for more than seven hours in the harsh...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
...and oxygen and subsequently used for rocket propulsion and life support. It also contains helium-3, an isotope that might ... intellectual property and profits. Not unsurprisingly, developing nations support this view, and argue for some form of common...
January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
... opportunities, limits and constraints related to the design, construction, operation and implementation of integrated life-support and greenhouse technologies for a habitat in an isolated and extreme environment. Additional input on greenhouse...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
...and, because of the size of their spacesuits and life support systems, this has typically involved some sort of transporter... opportunity to open a new chapter in our long tradition of supporting America’s space programme,” he said. To Boeing, it made ...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
...adding a blue light to the internal environment. A life support system is not only meant to handle the necessary living...: self-sufficiency, limited resources, minimal space, life support systems and using local resources. These parameters are...
