Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jan 2002
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IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,
Computer Science
Scientific paper
The special skills and abilities of a human crew are the major resource of every manned spaceflight venture. Mission success therefore depends on the ability of the designers, builders and operators of the associated space segments to maximize the safety and productivity of the crew for the total duration of the flight. This can be a challenging task especially when it comes to long-duration missions, which accentuate negative effects on the crew arising from prolonged extreme isolation and confinement in an unforgiving, high-risk, technology-dominated environment. optimum integration of the crew into its living and working environment, i.e. the spacecraft, and on the optimum adaptation of this environment to the abilities and limitations of the crew, starting with the earliest phases of the design process. This calls for a design approach that transcends traditional aerospace systems engineering methodologies, such as those used for robotic or short-duration manned missions. gained in the design and building of Earth-based "living and working environments", i.e. buildings, by utilizing appropriate elements from the field of terrestrial architecture for the design of inhabited space systems. The outcome is a truly interdisciplinary approach that promises to result in designs supporting the sustained high-level crew productivity that is desired. associated software tools, to which key elements from terrestrial architectural practice are added. It emphasizes a straightforward, yet flexible design process, and it offers concise, heuristics-based guidance regarding human-related issues such as habitability, as well as a number of practical tools to support the designers. The approach is also supported by software specifically developed for the analysis of life support systems - a crucial component of human-rated space systems - during the early phase of conceptual design. Several examples of its application, including the international "Space Station Design Workshop" held in February of 2002 at the European Space Agency's ESTEC facility, demonstrate the value of this interdisciplinary approach to the conceptual design of inhabited space systems.
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