April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... to scale. Nevertheless, without belittling the difficulties, it should be possible to generate all the components of rocket fuel and life support on Mars. Indeed, Mars mission analyst Dr Donald Rapp believes the simplest solution for the first Mars...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... the event of an emergency. The Hab could be discarded in a crisis situation because the closed loop environmental life support system hardware is contained in the smaller Crew Quarters modules that are surrounded by the cryogenic hydrogen and ...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... them. This might be easily accomplished by robotic miners, which do not need expensive life support systems and so alleviate the risk posed to human life. Future programmes would benefit from taking this into consideration and, although unlikely...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
...considerations will need to facilitate parallel construction of an inner sealed shell which will accommodate a bio-regenerative life-support system (BLSS), a closed artificial ecosystem to provide a sustainable basic atmosphere, food and water supply...
December 2014
Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space
... suit are being tested to assess multi-use of this suit. Advancements in a portable life-support system (a backpack-like suit attachment containing life-support elements) are being evaluated as well. NASA is prototyping and testing suit upgrades...
June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... exploration and development. Two of these, the availability and processing of water for propellant, but also for life support, and energy needs (obtaining, storing, managing, and transmitting energy or power) have direct relevance to many problems...
