May 2020
Mixed reality in the design of space habitats
... (MR) systems are likely to play a significant role in maintaining the psychological comfort of residents in long-duration space habitats Today, a variety of technologies, ranging from portable devices to room-based systems, and from projection-based...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... everyday life a pillow represents one of the simplest examples for personal comfort. We can use this as a notional space habitat object for discussion. At first glance the utility of a pillow in zero gravity might not be obvious. But, as we explore...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... extremes of temperature, site design options include fully surface or fully subterranean habitats, for example, in lava tubes. The current proposals favoured by most space agencies include the ESA designed hybrid approach, where the colony module...
November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
... by a system of two lightweight parabolic mirrors concentrating light to a suitable level before being fed into the habitat. The urban space on the other hand will be illuminated by artificial lighting. The mass of air per biomass is much less...
02 October 2021
Space Habitats and Habitability
... this academic but readable volume is a guide to the concepts of habitability and human factors in relation to space habitats. In seven information-packed chapters, it surveys a number of terrestrial ‘analogue’ studies, missions and facilities along...
18 March 2019
A habitat prototype for NASA’s Moon-orbiting Gateway
... Valania of Sierra Nevada Corp., who answered questions March 14 on Twitter about the company’s prototype of an inflatable deep-space habitat. NASA awarded six companies contracts worth a total of $65 million in 2016 to develop...
