Architecture for Astronauts An Activity-based Approach /

• Main Author: Häuplik-Meusburger, Sandra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2011.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Industrial design.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Industrial psychology.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Industrial Design.; Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology.

Living and working in extra-terrestrial habitats means being potentially vulnerable to very harsh environmental, social, and psychological conditions. With the stringent technical specifications for launch vehicles and transport into space, a very tight framework for the creation of habitable space...

Table of Contents:

• Background
• General Characteristics of Extra-terrestrial Habitats
• Design-in-use study: Human Activities in Extra-terrestrial Habitats
• Conclusion and Research outlook
• Appendix.