... 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...
...Moon and beyond, there will be a need for resources for life support and to operate in space. It will become desirable to construct ... for their nations to reap the benefits from supporting companies that are generating new technologies, access to...
... 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...
.... For example, metabolic needs, including food, water and air, are sustained by the Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS). Habitats and spacesuits provide protection against extreme environments. Safety needs are addressed through...
.... Ultimately, extraterrestrial resources will be valuable not just on Earth but in cislunar space, too - as propellant, for life support supplies and for manufacturing. We believe that this future economy starts with small scale exploration and...
... work, sleep, hygiene, nutrition, entertainment, etc. And, naturally, this will require an increase in the capacity of life support systems. The most significant examples of commercial efforts to augment the ISS include the Bigelow expandable module...