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PEP7397 - 2009FA-34747-ADV SELECTED TOPIC HUMAN PERF
The Space Habitat : Living and Working in Space
Fall09 is the first time this course is being taught and is also the first time I am teaching an on-line course. Therefore I will always be open to your recommendations on improving processes or content associated with the course. You can provide input for all to see through the course BLOG, or directly and privately to myself via email:
university phone number: 713-743-9292
NASA phone number: 281-483-1059
The course BLOG is on blogger.com. If you do not already have one, you will need to sign up for a blogger account. The course blog is:
PEP7397 Space Habitat
For your BLOG entry grade, you should sign in at least once a week. Anything related to the course is fair game; comment on assigned readings, recommend readings, resources and websites, offer ideas and alternatives, make recommendations on course content, etc.
I am not planning any face-to-face course orientations, however if you would like to meet I am available most days in Garrison room 206.
CALENDAR
24 August First Day of Class, Blackboard Vista, course resources available on-line
29 August Last day to add a class
7 September Labor Day holiday
4-10 October Midterm
8 September Last day to drop a course or withdraw without receiving a grade
4 November Last day to drop a course or withdraw with a “W”
25-28 Nov Thanksgiving holiday
5 December Last day of classes
7 December Design Project Due
9-17 Dec Final exam period
18 December Official closing of fall semester
GRADING
The way in which the course will work:
There are three grades for this course which comprise 60% of your grade:
Semester Long Design Project 20%
Midterm 20%
Cumulative Final 20%
The remaining 40% of course grades are based on a series of assessments throughout the semester:
Module quizzes, assignments, or assessments 30%
Blog entries 10%
SEMESTER DESIGN PROJECT
The Semester Long Design Project will be each individual student’s effort to design a vehicle with particular attention to the crew habitable areas. The vehicle is a
trans-planetary ‘cruiser’ which can travel from low earth orbit, to high earth orbits, lunar orbit, Near Earth Objects, or trajectories past Venus, Mars or other planets. The basic vehicle should be the same for all of these missions though the vehicle might be adapted to specific scenarios. For instance added radiation shielding may need to be provided for certain missions.
For the Design Project, of particular importance will be the attention paid to habitation functions and crew health and performance. You do not need to pay extensive attention, for instance, to engine/propulsion design, although the nature of the propulsion, such as normal chemical propulsion vs nuclear propulsion, will probably effect acceleration levels and mission duration. In addition to a detailed narrative description, you should include sketches/drawings and may include a scale model or other media. The design should be based on what you are learning in the course about space habitat design: artificial G vs zero-G, size of the habitation elements, number of habitable modules, number of crew, required resources and systems, etc.
You should begin work on the Design Project early and continue to work on it until it is due on 7 December. If you have questions, feel free to bring these up on the BLOG or talk to me directly. There are many resources in the Houston vicinity that can help to guide your thinking, and you are urged to contact some of these individuals, discuss your ideas, and research some of their reports. For instance, Prof Willliam Paloski, here in the Health and Human Performance Dept, is one of the world’s recognized experts in Artificial G. A company in the Clear Lake Area, Ad Astra, is developing a potential propulsion system for such a vehicle, called VASIMIR, and they have volunteered one of their PhDs to provide guidance to you. Some of the lecturers listed below will discuss relevant subjects. If you would like to build a scale model of your spacecraft, many resources are available on the internet, including paper/card scale models of spacecraft that you could use as the basis for your own model. Your grade on the design project will be based on your efforts and your ability to present these in a professional manner.
On-line cumulative mid-term and final will be given during normal university mid-term and finals testing periods.
TEXT
There is no text for this course. Readings and resources will be provided through Vista Blackboard and on-line.
WEEKLY COURSE MODULES
Typically one or more modules will be completed each week.
Most of the content of the course is divided into a series of ‘modules’.
Content to be completed during the following week will be on-line in the Blackboard Vista system for
PEP7397 - 2009FA-34747-ADV SELECTED TOPIC HUMAN PERF
before Sunday, each week during the semester.
e.g. for the week of August 23, content for the week will be in the folder identified Module 1: August 23-29.
Content will be available the day before, in this case on August 22.
Assignments, readings, and quizzes or other elements of each module must be completed by 11:59 PM on the last day of the module period, in this case August 29.
Content for each module will normally be in the form of:
(1) Introduction
(2) Lecture content in a PowerPoint or similar format
(3) Readings in the form of PDF files within the module folder. There will be no textbook; readings will be provided on-line.
(4) In many cases videos or other reference material content will be identified. Typically these will be at specific website URLs, such as videos in Youtube, or from other identified sources.
(5) A quiz, assignment, or other assessment associated with the module. For instance, in lieu of a quiz, you may be asked to research and provide other available resources, or to prepare a brief summary of readings or identified resources for the module. My goal for each of these weekly assessments is to verify you are keeping up with the content.
In some cases videos or other resources will be available on-line, or alternatively you may wish to purchase the original source material.
For example, we will watch several episodes of:
Moon Machines, a series from the Science Channel.
The content will be available on Youtube or alternatively for ease of use you may wish to purchase the original Moon Machines DVD which is available through Amazon, EBAY or other sources, potentially for pretty reasonable cost (under $10).
Another example: we will use Eagle Lander 3D, a flight simulator available from: http://eaglelander3d.com/
You can get by with use of their free download, trial edition, but you’ll get more out of it by using the full simulator, which allows you to fly a very accurate replica of the Lunar Module to several landing sites.
This is a lecture just before classes begin, but would be an excellent opportunity to hear from one of the genuine rocket pilots:
19 August Joe Engle, Flying the X-15 (note, this is on-site at the Johnson Space Center so
May require special arrangements for attendance) This will be recorded for later broadcast.
There are two lecture series planned for this fall;
I’ve been organizing one at UHCL which you may wish to attend live, or we may be live streaming it or recording and rebroadcasting later:
http://www.spacecenterlectureseries.com/
18 Sept Bob Thompson, Manager of the Space Shuttle throughout development
16 Oct Frank Hughes, who managed astronaut and ground training
20 Nov Franklin Chang Diaz, former astronaut developed VASIMIR
A weekly series is offered through the course :
PEP 7397: Research Using Ground-Based Spaceflight Models
26-Aug Importance of Spaceflight Analog Models Ronita Cromwell, Ph.D.
2-Sep Muscle Loss and Nutrition in Bed Rest as Related to Spaceflight Douglas Paddon-Jones, Ph.D., UTMB
9-Sep Radiation Research at Brookhaven National Laboratory Francis Cucinotta, Ph.D.
16-Sep Computer Modeling and Digital Astronaut Richard Summers, M.D. (Univ. Mississippi)
23-Sep The Haughton-Mars Project: Analog Studies for Moon and Mars Exploration Richard Scheuring, D.O.
30-Sep Research Experiences in the Australian Antarctic Science Stations Duane Pierson, Ph.D.
7-Oct Neurosensory & Sensorimotor Space Flight Analogues: Virtual Reality Deborah Harm, Ph.D.
14-Oct Rodent Studies of Cardiovascular Deconditioning Artin Shoukas, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
21-Oct 20,000 mm Under the Sea: NASA’s NEEMO Project as a Spaceflight Analog Tara Ruttley, M.S. (NASA/JSC)
28-Oct Animal Models for Reduced Gravity Susan Bloomfield, Ph.D., FACSM (TX A&M)
4-Nov Ground-Based Evaluation of Artificial G Countermeasures ` William Paloski, Ph.D. (UH), Noel Skinner, M.S.
11-Nov Desert Research and Technology Studies Andrew Abercromby, Ph.D.
Attendance at lectures are not mandatory, but are recommended and would be beneficial.
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
To provide an overview to human space flight systems, operations and mission design, emphasizing:
- living and working environments
- mission requirements and constraints
- space systems design
COURSE MODULE TOPICS :
[note that this may be updated through the course of the semester]
- Introduction: Space Exploration
A. A Brief History of Exploration
B. Aviation, Rocketry and Spaaceflight
C. Human Spaceflight
D. Why Humans in Space ?
E. Current Events: the ongoing Augustine Commission is due to deliver its options to the President on Sept 1. What options have they looked at and what are your ideas on how best to move forward ?
- Man and Machine
A. Robots in Space
B. Space Robots
- Basic Concepts of Robotics
- Humans vs. Robots
- Analyzing Functional and Operational Requirements
- Planning and Controlling Space Robots
- Key Design Issues for Robotic Systems
C. Computers in Space
D. Space Life Sciences
A. Muscles and Bones
B. Heart
C. Brain
D. Risks and Hazards
E. Human Factors of Crewed Spaceflight
a. Defining the Role of Human Factors in Space Missions
b. Analyzing Tasks, Allocating Functions, Assigning Workloads
c. Human Abilities and Limits
4. Environments
A. Induced Environments
a. Launch
b. Zero-G
c. Reentry and Return
B. Natural Environments
a. Earth
b. Orbit
c. Solar System
d. Moon
e. Mars
C. Flight-Crew Environment
a. Noise and vibration
b. Disorientation
c. Artificial atmosphere
d. Work-rest cycle
e. Unfamiliar environments
5. Spacecraft
A. Early Sortie Vehicles
a. Vostok
b. Voskhod
c. Mercury
d. Gemini
e. Soyuz
f. Shen Zhou
B. Flying Vehicles
a. X-15
b. Lifting Bodies: M2-F2, HL-10, X-24, X-3
c. Space Shuttle
d. Buran
C. Lunar Spacecraft
a. LO and LK
b. Apollo
c. Constellation
D. Space Stations
a. MOL
b. Merkur-Almaz
c. Skylab
d. Salyut
e. Mir
f. ISS
Spacecraft Systems
- Structures
- Power
- Thermal Control
- Environmental Control and Life Support
- Propulsion Systems, Attitude and Translation
- Extravehicular Activity (EVA)
- Command, Control, and Communications
6. Spacesuits
A. Before the Space Age
B. For Survival
C. For Spacewalking
D. For Moonwalking
7. Systems and Provisions
A. Power
B. Thermal Control
C. Environmental Control and Life Support
D. Crew Health Care
a. Environmental Monitoring
b. Exercise Countermeasures
E. Crew Accommodations, Provisions and Equipment
a. Waste Management
b. Food and Galley
c. Personal Hygiene
d. Clothing and Soft Goods
e. Restraints and Mobility Aids
f. Emergency Provisions
g. Stowage
h. Housekeeping/Trash Management
i. On Orbit Maintenance
F. Architecture
a. Integrated Workstations
b. Wardroom
c. Crew Privacy
d. Illumination
e. Interfacing Partitions and Structures
f. Inventory Management
g. Decals and Placards
h. Orientation
i. Translation
j. Viewing
k. Standardization
l. Nomenclature
m. Location Coding
G. Designing Crew Accommodations for Space Missions
H. Mission Requirements and the Design Process
8. Controls, Displays and Operations
A. Heritage from Aircraft
B. Russian Systems
C. Mercury and Gemini
D. Fly-by-Wire and the X-15
E. Apollo and the Moon
F. Space Shuttle
G. International Space Station
9. Systems Operation, Monitoring and Maintenance
- Purposes
- Tasks
- Real-Time Operations
- Documentation.
- Selection of spacecraft data
- Ground data handling and display
- Mission Preparation
- Training
10. In-Flight Crew Activities
- Flight-Plan
- Inflight Monitoring
- Flight-Crew Duties
- Spacecraft-systems management
- Manual flight control
- Navigation duties
- Integration with ground control
- Performance of scientific experiments
- Housekeeping duties
- Maintenance and Repair
- Extravehicular operations
9. Simulation
A. Acceleration
B. Altitude
C. EVA
D. Orientation
E. Mission
F. Future
10 . Orbits and Trajectories
A. Reference Systems
B. Lunar Trajectories
C. Rendezvous and Docking
D. Landing Trajectories
E. Planetary Trajectories
11. Project Management
A. Project Life Cycle
B. System Architecture
C. Requirements
D. Interfaces and Resources
E. Organizations
F. Trade Studies
12. Moon Bases and Mars Missions
A. Sizing Space Elements
B. Designing Space Elements
C. Mission Objectives
D. Requirements and Constraints
a. Preliminary Concepts
b. Critical Choices for Subsystems
c. Develop Alternative Configurations
d. Select a Baseline Configuration
e. Transfer, Entry, Landing, and Ascent Vehicles
f. Designing, Sizing, and Integrating a Surface Base
g. Planetary Surface Vehicles
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