A Horizontal Inflatable Habitat for SEI

by Kriss J. Kennedy, NASA-JSC, Houston, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space III

Abstract:

The inflatable habitat described in this paper is a horizontally-oriented cylindrical pneumatic structure. It is part of NASA's ongoing effort to study inflatables as alternative habitats for the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI). This inflatable habitat provides a living and working environment for a crew of 12. It is an 8-m diameter by 45.34-m cylinder containing 2145 m³ of volume. Two levels of living and working areas make up the 547 m² of floor space.

Subject Headings: Space exploration | Space colonies | Space structures | Pneumatic systems | Human and behavioral factors | Space frames | Moon

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