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=='''MSc 3-4 LA&I'''==
=='''MSc 3-4 LUNAR ARCHITECTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE'''==
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Moonshot+ is an extension of the Moonshot program [1] designed to involve a broader range of stakeholders, both within and beyond TU Delft, who are actively participating in and relevant to space exploration. The first Moonshot+ Work Package (WP) is ‘Lunar Architecture and Infrastructure’ (LA&I). Bringing together inter-faculties education and research [2], this WP aims to enable the next generation of experts to realize critical infrastructure for sustainable space exploration. It involves graduation projects starting 2024-25 that are building upon previous knowledge developed in BSc-MSc courses offered 2019-22 separately at respective faculties with students meeting ad-hoc in a rather unstructured manner [3]. With the proposed inter-faculties education, students will have the opportunity to work together in a more structured manner, possibly, in the Collaborative Design Lab [4], which is a ‘cutting-edge facility that offers a collaborative environment for concurrent and integrated system design activities’.
Mirroring the interdisciplinary nature of space colonization projects where engineers, architects, roboticists, and space scientists work together to achieve common goals, the new interfaculty course, Lunar Architecture and Infrastructure (LA&I) is designedto foster collaboration and shared objectives among students from various faculties. It is open to all TU Delft students and addresses challenges of space colonization.  


As part of Moonshot, Moonshot+ links education and research playing a pivotal role in advancing space exploration by training the next generation of experts capable of designing, constructing, and maintaining the critical infrastructure required for sustainable space colonization. It directly contributes to the broader goals of expanding humanity's presence beyond Earth's orbit by developing an autarkic system for building and operating off-Earth infrastructure from locally obtained materials. Results of Moonshot+ will be disseminated worldwide and will create opportunities for new research and education related activities.
To survive in outer space, humans need protection from radiation. Such protection requires architecture and infrastructure to ensure habitation and accommodate various activities ranging from living to working while relying heavily on In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and a high degree of automation. Lunar architecture and infrastructure are designed by computational means and are constructed by robotic means involving Robot-Robot and Human-Robot Interaction (R/ HRI) supportedDesign-to-Robotic-Production-Assembly and -Operation (D2RPA&O). The construction relies on a swarm of mobile robots equipped with various end-effectors that are deployed to map the terrain and mine for materials used to 3D print building components. These are then assembled using R/ HRI-supported methods. The assembled structure is equipped with a Life Support System (LLS), which relies on D2RO methods. Both habitat construction and inhabitation are powered by an energy system space-based solar power. The ultimate goal is to develop an autarkic R/ HRI-supported D2RPA&O system employing ISRU for building and operating habitats and to transfer developed technology to terrestrial applications in due time.  
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<br>[1] Moonshot: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2023/lr/tu-delft-aims-for-lunar-exploration-with-moonshot-program
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<br>[2] Rhizome 1.0 and 2.0: http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/2019MSc3 and http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/Rhizome2
Henriette Bier and Arwin Hidding (RB lab)
<br>[3] CS-wiki: http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/2019Studios
Luka Peternel and Micah Prendergast (CoR lab)
<br>[4] CDL: https://www.tudelft.nl/lr/cdl
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Revision as of 11:19, 23 April 2024

MSc 3-4 LUNAR ARCHITECTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE



Mirroring the interdisciplinary nature of space colonization projects where engineers, architects, roboticists, and space scientists work together to achieve common goals, the new interfaculty course, Lunar Architecture and Infrastructure (LA&I) is designedto foster collaboration and shared objectives among students from various faculties. It is open to all TU Delft students and addresses challenges of space colonization.

To survive in outer space, humans need protection from radiation. Such protection requires architecture and infrastructure to ensure habitation and accommodate various activities ranging from living to working while relying heavily on In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) and a high degree of automation. Lunar architecture and infrastructure are designed by computational means and are constructed by robotic means involving Robot-Robot and Human-Robot Interaction (R/ HRI) supportedDesign-to-Robotic-Production-Assembly and -Operation (D2RPA&O). The construction relies on a swarm of mobile robots equipped with various end-effectors that are deployed to map the terrain and mine for materials used to 3D print building components. These are then assembled using R/ HRI-supported methods. The assembled structure is equipped with a Life Support System (LLS), which relies on D2RO methods. Both habitat construction and inhabitation are powered by an energy system space-based solar power. The ultimate goal is to develop an autarkic R/ HRI-supported D2RPA&O system employing ISRU for building and operating habitats and to transfer developed technology to terrestrial applications in due time.

TUTORS

Henriette Bier and Arwin Hidding (RB lab) Luka Peternel and Micah Prendergast (CoR lab)

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