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Books and Book Editorships:

S. Häuplik-Meusburger, O. Bannova:
"Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects: Designing and Planning Beyond Earth";
SpringerWienNewYork, Wien New York, 2015, ISBN: 978-3-319-19279-6; 320 pages.



English abstract:
Space architecture as a discipline is relatively new, but it fills a gap between the engineering approach to design habitats and other space facilities for humans, and the complexity of human factors oriented design-including personal psychology, creativity, and non-work related activities. In order to successfully fill that gap, space architecture needs to be taught academically.

The book is structured around basic learning processes for the design of a space mission, structure or vehicle. The chapters on the design principles are related to the Technology Readiness levels and Habitation Readiness Levels - TRLs and HRLs and include examples, discussions, and tasks.

with Guest Chapters (in order of appearance):
Chris Welch on `The Essence of Interdisciplinarity´
Brand N. Griffin on `The Role of the Space Architect´
Brent Sherwood on `Space Architecture Education-Site, Program, and Meaning´
Marc M. Cohen on `Mockups 101: Technology Readiness Levels for Mockups and Simulators´
Madhu Thangavelu on `The Moon or Mars: Where might we settle first?´
Theodore W. Hall on `Artificial Gravity and Implications for Space Architecture´
Cesare Lobascio on `Environmental Control and Life Support Systems´
Haym Bennaroya and Leonard Bernold on `Engineering and Construction of LunarBases´
Kriss J. Kennedy on `The TransHab Project´

The book considers two key educational tools for the 21st century: (1) introducing the discipline of Space Architecture into space system engineering curricula; and (2) developing Space Architecture as a distinct, complete training curriculum.

German abstract:
Space architecture as a discipline is relatively new, but it fills a gap between the engineering approach to design habitats and other space facilities for humans, and the complexity of human factors oriented design-including personal psychology, creativity, and non-work related activities. In order to successfully fill that gap, space architecture needs to be taught academically.

The book is structured around basic learning processes for the design of a space mission, structure or vehicle. The chapters on the design principles are related to the Technology Readiness levels and Habitation Readiness Levels - TRLs and HRLs and include examples, discussions, and tasks.

with Guest Chapters (in order of appearance):
Chris Welch on `The Essence of Interdisciplinarity´
Brand N. Griffin on `The Role of the Space Architect´
Brent Sherwood on `Space Architecture Education-Site, Program, and Meaning´
Marc M. Cohen on `Mockups 101: Technology Readiness Levels for Mockups and Simulators´
Madhu Thangavelu on `The Moon or Mars: Where might we settle first?´
Theodore W. Hall on `Artificial Gravity and Implications for Space Architecture´
Cesare Lobascio on `Environmental Control and Life Support Systems´
Haym Bennaroya and Leonard Bernold on `Engineering and Construction of LunarBases´
Kriss J. Kennedy on `The TransHab Project´

The book considers two key educational tools for the 21st century: (1) introducing the discipline of Space Architecture into space system engineering curricula; and (2) developing Space Architecture as a distinct, complete training curriculum.

Keywords:
Space Architecture, Human Factprs, Sustainable Design, Space Architecture Education, Aerospace Systems Engineering


"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19279-6

Electronic version of the publication:
http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319192789


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