Search Results

A significant amount of software has been developed to model the advanced life support aspects of a Mars surface habitat. Models, such as the BIO-Plex Baseline Simulation Model (Finn, 1999), have been useful in studying advanced life support systems. These models have been used to conduct trade study comparisons to determine which Advanced Life Support (ALS) technologies should currently be used in a habitat design. However, the present models and approaches require significant overhead to exchange one technology for another mostly because the models are mission centric and assume either that the habitat will be stationary or that the life of the habitat will be same as the mission duration. In other words, these models lack the desired level of modularity necessary to quickly complete multiple trade studies of different missions as the habitat evolves from mission to mission.