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Inflatable Habitat Health Monitoring: Implementation, Lessons Learned, and Application to Lunar or Martian Habitat Health MonitoringNASA's exploration mission is to send humans to the Moon and Mars, in which the purpose is to learn how to live and work safely in those harsh environments. A critical aspect of living in an extreme environment is habitation, and within that habitation element there are key systems which monitor the habitation environment to provide a safe and comfortable living and working space for humans. Expandable habitats are one of the options currently being considered due to their potential mass and volume efficiencies. This paper discusses a joint project between the National Science Foundation (NSF), ILC Dover, and NASA in which an expandable habitat was deployed in the extreme environment of Antarctica to better understand the performance and operations over a one-year period. This project was conducted through the Innovative Partnership Program (IPP) where the NSF provided the location at McMurdo Station in Antarctica and support at the location, ILC Dover provided the inflatable habitat, and NASA provided the instrumentation and data system for monitoring the habitat. The outcome of this project provided lessons learned in the implementation of an inflatable habitat and the systems that support that habitat. These lessons learned will be used to improve current habitation capabilities and systems to meet the objectives of exploration missions to the moon and Mars.
Document ID
20090029953
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rojdev, Kristina (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Hong, Todd (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Hafermalz, Scott (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Hunkins, Robert (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Valle, Gerald (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Toups, Larry (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
September 14, 2009
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-18707
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 736466.09.01.05.02.01.05
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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