6.1_ S P A C E A R C H I T E C T U R E Space Architecture - This field of study pertains to the design and construction of facilities and systems in Space. The concept of designing and building outer Space environments is widely used in various industries. These environments include, but are not limited to, vehicles, stations, habitats, and lunar, planetary basis, and infrastructures, as well as Earthbased control, experiment, launch, logistics, payload, simulation, and test facilities. (Space Architecture Technical Committee AIAA, 2020).
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When designing a Spacecraft, the entire built environment must be taken into perspective. In the same way that architecture is on Earth, it is an attempt to look beyond the components and systems and gain a thorough understanding of the factors that influence design success. The goal of Space architecture is to allow human beings to live and work in Space by utilizing different kinds of architecture. There are many examples of these types of design elements, and they include tiny housing, small living apartments, vehicle design, capsule hotels, and so on. In the area of Space architecture, a great deal of work has been
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directed towards developing concepts for orbital Space stations, lunar and Martian exploration ships and surface bases for the world’s Space Agencies, mainly NASA. A practice of including architects in Space programmes originated in the Space-race, but its origins can be traced much farther back. Their involvement was necessary as a result of efforts to extend the durations of Space missions and address Astronauts’ needs, which go above and beyond the minimum needs of survival. In order to build a theoretical framework for Space architecture, one starting point would be the search for extreme environments in terrestrial settings, where human beings have lived, and the creation of analogs between these environments and Space (University of Houston, 2009). These analogs are useful design references for Space systems. Terrestrial analogs not only provide design insights, t but also serve as testbeds so that technologies for Space applications can be tested further.
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