DEFINITION:

Habitat Systems enable safe, efficient, sustainable, and productive long-duration human exploration missions by using fully autonomous, resource-efficient habitats to significantly reduce the mass, cost, and human spaceflight risk associated with those missions.

Note: it is related with ESA’s TD 13, TD 20-H and TD 22-A and B.

(Source: NASA TA7.4)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Integrated Habitat Systems: Addresses acoustical treatments and noise reduction; solar optic lighting and heating; low-toxicity, fire-retardant textiles; antimicrobial and surface coatings; and embedded sensors that monitor system performance. Also includes Structures for Habitats (corresponding to ESA’s TD 20-H-I). Additional dependency technologies that support Integrated Habitat Systems capabilities are being included in 1-J (Robotics), 1-I (Science Instruments, Observatories, and Sensors), 1-A (Systems) as well as 1-K-1, 1-K-3, 1-K-4 and 1-K-5.
2. Habitat Evolution: Addresses Exploration Habitat Systems Concurrent Engineering Modeling and Simulation. Maturing exploration habitat integrated concurrent model based engineering and model based systems engineering design environment and simulations capabilities are imperative to achieving overall design optimization, mass reduction, and crew performance optimization. Additional dependency technologies that support Habitat Evolution capabilities are being included in 1-J (Robotics), 1-I (Science Instruments, Observatories, and Sensors), 1-A (Systems) as well as 1-K-1, 1-K-3, 1-K-4 and 1-K-5.
3. “Smart” Habitats: Focuses on evolutionary, intelligent, and autonomous habitat capabilities that enable long-duration, deep-space human missions that increase crew productivity, as well as crew and mission safety, while reducing mass, power, and volume needs. Additional dependency technologies that support “Smart” Habitat capabilities are being includedin 1-J (Robotics), 1-I (Science Instruments, Observatories, and Sensors), 1-A (Systems) as well as 1-K-1, 1-K-3, 1-K-4 and 1-K-5.
4. Artificial Gravity (AG): Includes spacecraft technologies that will reduce the detrimental effects of long-duration, zero-gravity on human physiology, including thrust vector navigation course correction of an AG (rotating) spacecraft in transit; technologies that manage the center of gravity (CG) balance of spacecraft while providing thrust to perform course correction; and momentum exchange for deployment of the AG spacecraft. These technologies will also benefit LEO and HEO commercial facilities development. Additional dependency technologies that support AG capabilities are being included in 1-J (Robotics), 1-I (Science Instruments, Observatories, and Sensors), 1-A (Systems) as well as 1-K-1, 1-K-3, 1-K-4 and 1-K-5.