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Scientific research is the foundation of design and concept development. The chapter addresses the next stage of design and planning; focusing and informing requirements for site selection with examples from Apollo and Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover programs; habitat structural systems, habitats and settlements concepts, and means to enable sustainable human presence beyond Earth.

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    Thales Alenia Space Italia, Life Support and Habitability Expert.

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    NASA Johnson Space Center, Space Architect, Texas Architect #15161.

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    Rutgers University.

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    Universidad Technica Federico Santa Maria.

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    Further Reading: Book “Clementine Atlas of the Moon” by Bussey, Ben and Spudis, Paul, D. (Bussey and Spudis 2012); NASA [Moon] (2014). Solar System Exploration—Facts & Figures [Online] http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon; NASA [Mars] 2014. Solar System Exploration—Facts & Figures. [Online] http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars.

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    Further Reading about the curiosity mission: Curiosity: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html. And: http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/timeline/prelaunch/landingsiteselection/aboutgalecrater/

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    Book “Introduction to Space: The Science of Spaceflight” by Damon (1995, p. 225).

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    GAC was purchased by the Loral Systems Group.

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    Further Reading: SICSA lecture series: http://www.uh.edu/sicsa/library/media.

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    http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasas-exploration-plans-include-living-off-the-land/.

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    Further Research: Young, A.: Lunar and Planetary Rovers. The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars. Springer-Praxis Books, Heidelberg (2007).

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    Further Research on the Athlete concept: https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/systems/systemVideo.cfm?System=11&Video=140.

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    Further information: Advanced Life Support Baseline Values and Assumptions Document , August 2004 NASA/CR—2004–208941 (Anthony 2004).

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    More information on the Oxygen Generator System can be found in the Educator Edition of NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/570242main_OxygenGen_CHEM_ED.pdf.

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    Further information on the Water Walls Life Support Architecture project can be found on the website of Astrotecture.

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    Forward Osmosis is a natural process in which the osmotic potential between two fluids of differing solute/solvent concentrations equalizes by the movement of solvent from the less concentrated solution to the more concentrated solution.

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    More information can be found in: Water Walls Life Support Architecture: System Overview by Marc M. Cohen, Renée L. Matossian, and Francois Lévy (ICES-2014-25), astrotecture.com.

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    From Haym Benaroya and Leonhard Bernold (Guest statement).

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    Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative (MELiSSA) http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Melissa/index.html.

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    Benaroya, H. 1993. Rigid tension structures for a lunar base, special issue: The applied mechanics of a lunar base. Applied Mechanics Reviews 46(5): 326–335. Benaroya, H. 1994. Reliability of structures for the moon. Structural Safety 15(1): 67–84. Benaroya, H., and M. Ettouney. 1992a. Framework for the evaluation of lunar base structural concepts. Aerospace Engineering 5(2): 187–198. Benaroya H., and M. Ettouney. 1992b. Design and construction considerations for a lunar outpost—utility of earth design codes. Aerospace Engineering 5(3): 261–273. Benaroya, H., L. Bernold, and K.-M. Chua. 2002. Engineering, design and construction of lunar bases. Journal of Aerospace Engineering 15(2): 33–45. Bernold L.E. 1994a. Compaction of lunar-type soil, ASCE. Journal of Aerospace Engineering 7(2): 175–187. Ettouney M., and H. Benaroya. 1992. Regolith mechanics, dynamics and foundations. Journal of Aerospace Engineering 5(2): 214–229. Ettouney M., Benaroya H., and Agassi, N. 1992. Cabled lunar structures. Journal of Aerospace Engineering 5(3): 297–310. Duke, M., and H. Benaroya. 1993. Lunar exploration and development, special issue: The applied mechanics of a lunar base. Applied Mechanics Reviews 46(5): 272–277

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Häuplik-Meusburger, S., Bannova, O. (2016). Habitation and Design Concepts. In: Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects. Space and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19279-6_5

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