WP3 – Habitats and well-being of Astronauts
Objectives
Designing viable, sustainable, and safe habitats in space environments, ranging from low Earth orbit and lunar surfaces to long-duration interplanetary missions such as human presence on Mars
Inputs
- NASA Human Research Program (HRP) Data Repository
- NASA Life Sciences Data Archive (LSDA)
- ESA Erasmus Experiment Archive
- Materials and Processes Technical Information System (MAPTIS)
- European Materials and Processes Database (ESA-EMPD)
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
- Available literature review (WoS, European Space Agency Open Access Archive (ESA OA), PubMed and similar)
Tasks
In this task, the contribution that 2D-based materials could give to make future space infrastructures more resilient and durable is assessed. Specific focus will be given to challenges such as the resistance against micrometeoroid impacts, vibrations (launch, docking, but also Moonquakes and Marsquakes), long-term fatigue, and minimization of leakages to ensure atmospheric integrity, and safe internal pressures.
Sensing elements integrating 2D materials for health and environmental monitoring have been proven to greatly enhance the state-of-the-art in terms of sensitivity, compactness, conformability and stability. This task will elaborate on the pathways to integrate on-ground solutions in Space, by considering the specificities of the Space environment (e.g. harsh environmental conditions in terms of pressure, temperature, possible contaminations, impossibility of continuous maintenance, radiation-induced noise.
Risks & Mitigation
- Mismatching on available data from different sources. Mitigation: Taking advantage of the ESA scientist and technologist expertise for creating correct comparisons between non-interoperable data.