Advanced Life Support Project Plan

By: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Staff

Life support systems are an enabling technology and have become integral to the success of living and working in space. As NASA embarks on human exploration and development of space to open the space frontier by exploring, using and enabling the development of space and to expand the human experience into the far reaches of space, it becomes imperative, for considerations of safety, cost, and crew health, to minimize consumables and increase the autonomy of the life support system. Utilizing advanced life support technologies increases this autonomy by reducing mass, power, and volume necessary for human support, thus permitting larger payload allocations for science and exploration. Two basic classes of life support systems must be developed, those directed toward applications on transportation/habitation vehicles (e.g., Space Shuttle, International Space Station (ISS), next generation launch vehicles, crew-tended stations/observatories, planetary transit spacecraft, etc.) and those directed toward applications on the planetary surfaces (e.g., lunar or Martian landing spacecraft, planetary habitats and facilities, etc.). In general, it can be viewed as those systems compatible with microgravity and those compatible with hypogravity environments. Part B of the Appendix defines the technology development 'Roadmap' to be followed in providing the necessary systems for these missions. The purpose of this Project Plan is to define the Project objectives, Project-level requirements, the management organizations responsible for the Project throughout its life cycle, and Project-level resources, schedules and controls.Johnson Space CenterLIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PROJECT PLANNING; NASA SPACE PROGRAMS; SPACECRAFT DESIGN; BIOASTRONAUTICS; LAUNCH VEHICLES; PAYLOADS; SPACE EXPLORATION; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE TRANSPORTATION; WATER RECLAMATION; SPACE HABITATS; SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPACE FLIGHT FEEDING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; AIR PURIFICATION...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1723795909
• ISBN13: 9781723795909
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 41 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"