Unlike past one-at-a-time mission approaches, system-of-systems infrastructures will be needed to enable ambitious scenarios for sustainable future space exploration and utilization. Fabrication infrastructure will be needed to support habitat structure development, tools and mechanical part fabrication, as well as repair and replacement of ground support and space mission hardware such as life support items, vehicle components and crew systems. The fabrication infrastructure will need the In Situ Fabrication and Repair (ISFR) element, which is working in conjunction with the In Situ Resources Utilization (ISRU) element, to live off the land. The ISFR Element supports the entire life cycle of Exploration by: reducing downtime due to failed components; decreasing risk to crew by recovering quickly from degraded operation of equipment; improving system functionality with advanced geometry capabilities; and enhancing mission safety by reducing assembly part counts of original designs where possible. This paper addresses the fabrication infrastructures that support efficient, affordable, reliable infrastructures for both space exploration systems and logistics; these infrastructures allow sustained, affordable and highly effective operations on the Moon, Mars and beyond.


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    Titel :

    Fabrication Infrastructure to Enable Efficient Exploration and Utilization of Space


    Beteiligte:
    Howell, Joe T. (Autor:in) / Fikes, John C. (Autor:in) / McLemore, Carole A. (Autor:in) / Manning, Curtis W. (Autor:in) / Good, Jim (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    58th International Astronautical Congress ; 2007 ; Jyderabad, India


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    24.09.2007


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch