PSW 2477 Space Architecture

Lecture Starts at: Kessler 12:10; Morgan 35:40; Inocente 1:07:08; Clinton 1:24:36
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PSW #2477, 92nd Joseph Henry Lecture
May 19, 2023
Architecture for the New Space Age
Learning to Work and Live Beyond Earth
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(1) A Home in Space: Future Space Habitat Development Efforts at NASA
Paul D. Kessler
Aerospace Technical Manager, NASA
NASA is in the early phases of planning the capabilities that will be needed for long-term exploration of the moon and Mars. This presentation will discuss these concepts, potential future technology and architecture development paths, and partnership activities being undertaken to achieve them.
(2) Architectures for Crewed Deep Space Missions: Taking Humans to the Moon, Mars and Beyond
Eleanor E. Morgan
Space Architect & Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
This lecture will discuss mission architectures for future orbital, surface, and transport spacecraft that Lockheed Martin is working on in partnership with industry, academia, and government partners to enable future expeditions to the Moon and Mars.
(3) Human Centered Space Architecture: Possibilities for Working and Living on Other Worlds
Daniel Inocente
Senior Space Architect, Blue Origin
Establishing a sustained human presence on the moon and elsewhere in the solar system is a challenging undertaking that requires complex infrastructure and capabilities to support human and robotic activities. This lecture will discuss new ideas for lunar habitat architecture that can enable the much larger ecosystem needed to build the foundation for future exploration and resource development on the moon and elsewhere.
(4) On-Demand Infrastructure for the Moon, Mars, and Other Worlds: Make It - Don’t Take It
Raymond "Corky" Clinton
Senior Technical Advisor, Science & Technology Office
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
This lecture will focus on development of capabilities enabling on-demand construction of lunar infrastructure. A brief overview of NASA’s Moon to Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technology (MMPACT) project will include plans for testing of the various candidate lunar construction materials, preliminary design concepts for future lunar infrastructure elements, and the vision for future extraterrestrial technology demonstrations.
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[@davidvennel720]

It is good to learn about all these things, in particular to discover this ICON company that does the 3d printing of very efficient houses. It was good to hear Miss Morgan cite the necessity for all players cooperating to make space work, and that she mentioned Starship in her talk too. Good questions from the audience as well.

[@StarPaladin42]

In the initial goals of construction, where is the consideration of maintenance, repair, and recycling for all the infrastructure. The importance of those in the ensuing decades will be critical to the long term life of the human community. These need to be included to eliminate the need of constantly transporting new equipment from earth, or even creating land fill for the buildings, vehicles (construction, transportation, flight), pressure suits, buildings) as they each reach there effective lifespan.

[@vperez4796]

I don't think you are considering the human inventive or creativity in case of a dissaster, like that of the Apolo 13. In that event, you HAVE to have several options to take, as scape routes. That is what saved Apolo 13's crew, creativity of NASA ground crew plus spare parts on board Apolo 13.
I recall a poster that reads, "No amount of planning can take the place of blind luck". Lets not leave all to blind luck. A single ship to mars is not practical, there has to be a series of stages to fuel it up to Mars, and back from Mars.
A set of small fuel stations on the way to Mars could also be the alternative route to bring'em back to earth, in case of another "Apolo 13" event. This line of thought is NOT THE UNIQUE and FINAL.