Hybrid Deployable Habitat Structures for Orbital and Lunar/Planetary Applications

Document Number: 2009-01-3201

Date Published: November 2009

Author(s):
Larry Bell - Univ. of Houston

Abstract:
Extended-duration space missions entailing expanded crew sizes and activities will produce a need for habitats that combine advantages of conventional hard/fixed and soft/deployable structures. Rigid modules enable preintegration of utility and equipment systems prior to launch and apply proven technologies. Soft pressure vessels can be compacted to optimize launch payload volume and habitable volume/mass efficiencies, but impose hardware integration challenges, operational readiness requirements, and long-term structural performance uncertainties. This paper discusses concepts and applications that incorporate both approaches. Examples draw upon research and design investigations undertaken by SICSA in support of a NASA-sponsored study conducted by two independent teams, one headed by Boeing, and the other by ILCDover. SICSA had key roles in developing overall configuration architectures for both teams.

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See other papers presented at SAE 2009 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition, November 2009, Seattle, WA, USA, Session: Aerospace Operations - Airspace Systems Design (Part 3 of 3)

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