April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
... thin atmosphere, so galactic cosmic rays, solar particles, and ultraviolet radiation hit its surface at nearly full strength. All serious designs for Mars habitats include radiation shielding, but even a short amount of time spent on the surface...
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
... the opportunity to delve into principles of bioregenerative closed loop systems, thermal and micrometeoroid protection, radiation shielding, and in situ resource utilisation (ISRU). The multidisciplinary approach and the heterogeneity of working...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
...either in cis-lunar space or on a subsequent mission to Mars. Planning ahead for sufficient residual propellant provides some radiation shielding for the return journey, allows for recovery of MBC elements, and provides additional options for mission...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
... and furthermore has the advantage of an inner hull wall cavity for heat distribution or an optional water-based radiation shielding, a whole variety of usage scenarios are enabled. The main intention of this research was to produce a basic, standard...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... industry will also directly support space exploration initiatives by providing the water, fuel, raw materials and radiation shielding needed for humans to explore deeper into the Solar System and for longer periods of time. Opportunity...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...and ‘dust-devils’. Team SEArch+/Apis Cor of New York came fourth, focusing on regolith construction to provide radiation shielding and physical protection. Land, regulation and contamination Key future issues will be establishing the ‘ownership’ both...
