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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

S. Häuplik-Meusburger, M. Aguzzi, D. Robinson, E. Laan, G. Sterenborg:
"ESA Habitat Workshop - Lessons Learned";
Talk: ILEWG, International Conference on Exploration and Utilization of the Moon, Bejing, China; 07-23-2006 - 07-27-2006; in: "Advances in Space Research", Pergamon, (2006), ISSN: 0273-1177.



English abstract:
The consideration of habitability is one of the most relevant issues in designing habitable pressurized spaces for long-duration space missions. It is widely accepted, that habitability issues, such as group composition and interaction, communication, work, leisure and other human activities have direct implications on the success of a mission.
In 2005 the authors were organising managers of the ESA Habitat Design Workshop at ESTEC, NL. It was the first workshop that employed a multidisciplinary mix of participants in an interdisciplinary process for both the organisation team of the workshop and the thirty
postgraduate students selected for the workshop. The participants were drawn from disciplines such as engineering, medicine, physics, architecture and industrial design with the task of developing and designing human habitation concepts for the Moon, Mars and Phobos based around specific mission scenarios.
For successful and sustainable human spaceflight, the engineering disciplines must be strongly supported by other disciplines which have knowledge and skills related to human requirements and enhancement of the working environment. Experts from disciplines such as architecture, industrial design and medicine, social psychology etc. should be included alongside the traditional engineering focused design approach at appropriate stages in the planning and design process. In parallel, strategies for maximising the effectivness of such an interdisciplinary design process should be investigated.
As a first step of this investigation, the ESA Habitat Design Workshop 2005 is presented as a case study to evaluate the effort of multidisciplinary teams in the development and output of innovative habitat solutions for Moon, Mars and Phobos.

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