Future Developments of the Next Generation Manned Space Platforms (European and Russian Space Students Perspectives)

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The opportunities for research made available by in-orbit manned space platforms is extensive. Research topics from space life science and biotechnology to material science and structural mechanics, from Astrophysics to the Low Earth Orbit environment to name a few. The list is long and has been growing steadily since the launch of Salyut 1 in 1971 till the present day ISS. With the construction of the ISS now into its final phase, what is the future of such research platforms? What will the "Next Generation" space station comprise of? What of manned research platforms beyond LEO and what constraints are foreseen after ISS. This paper presents current issues concerning the conceptual design of the "Next Generation" manned space platforms, the obstacles that are predicted concerning major subsystems of such platforms and also predictions of where the foci of research will concentrate. Future developments of the next generation manned space platforms presents research by the author in both his previous academic institutions1, personal opinions and the opinions of other young space research students and space professionals including Super Aero (France), Leicester University and Space Research Centre (UK) and Moscow State University (Russia). Here the author will detail the areas in which the contributors (representing the next generation space professionals) believe manned space platform architectures will be evolved, new technological developments and barriers to be overcome. In addition, new methods of Spacecraft design will also be presented, referring in the main to the Space Station Design Workshop 2002 (ESTEC Concurrent Design Facility) a week long workshop where a group of 30 young space professionals where brought together to design a conceptual space station. Future developments of the next generation manned space platforms has been composed with two aims. Firstly, to convey to both young space enthusiasts and more mature space professionals the ideas, concepts and research being undertaken by space researchers and students just entering the space arena. With opinions from Europe and Russia, we hope that common lines of interest are observable. The final aim was to show how new European space students, researchers and engineers are currently co- operating with their Russian colleagues through projects and how during these interactions and respect gained that we can in the future work more closely together, providing a framework pooling resources to make next generation manned space platform research more efficient and innovative. 1 University (France) I have permission to attend the conference and am willing to present the paper at the IAC Public Outreach Program.

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