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...
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...
December 2014
Space for Earth: How ESA wants to use lessons learned above on the ground
...identified for this first assessment were thermal control, hydrogen production and storage, photovoltaics, energy storage, life support systems, robotics and space weather effects. Once a list of prospective technologies was formulated, each area was...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... the design of automated systems in view of human error. Case studies were conducted on Columbus Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) operations from COL-CC, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle operations, and Control Centre of European Tracking...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
.... Large-scale space habitation will require international cooperation, investment and much more innovation in equipment and life support systems before humans can live safely and work productively in the hostile environment of outer space. That...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
...a heat control system - all the basic requirements of a life support system. The plants were kept in a dormant state for the...Officer in the Poland Mars Analogue Simulation 2017 and remote mission support member in Mars Academy USA in 2018. He has also...
