2024Msc3-4LAI
INTERFACULTY GRADUATION PROJECT: 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 designed to 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.
The themes from Aerospace Engineering (AE), Civil Engineering and Geoscience (CEG), and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) are summarized in the ABE, AE, CEG, and EEMCS posters. Additional information is available in the course brief.
ACTIVITIES
DOCUMENTS
Course brief: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lMTP4VkGaMt3LC8QoMnk7eOucjX2QO4vT0mnZjjXHBw/edit
Course schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I50YBblbCyktGv6ZfUP6Mbsg6Srr-idP9S9JxFOekXw/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Students list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1laOD1uAP12eqp2poTKxbqv5OOdIT7pqEBtJ30FE0ajA/edit?gid=0#gid=0
REFERENCES
Rhizome 1: http://cpa.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php?title=Rhizome1
Rhizome 2: http://cpa.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php?title=Rhizome2 and http://cs.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/Shared:2023W4G4Design
Space Architecture 24: http://cpa.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php?title=Shared:WS2024MSc2SAG3Presentations
RB studies: http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:Main, http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P1, http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P2, http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P2context, and http://100ybp.roboticbuilding.eu/index.php/project01:P3
Lava tubes and scanning: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825220303342 (lava tubes size and morphology)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103521003171?via%3Dihub (lava tubes shield from radiation)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775517301622 (scanning)
Robots and 3D printing:
https://cjme.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s10033-018-0267-9 (cable robots)
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8376287 (cable robots)
https://www.archdaily.com/966349/big-nasa-and-icon-reveal-3d-printed-research-habitats-for-mars (3D printing)
Loopik, H., & Peternel, L. (2021). A Multi-Modal Control Method for a Collaborative Human-Robot Building Task in Off-Earth Habitat Construction. Workshop on Design, Learning, and Control for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration (ICAR 2021).
ESA related: https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/take-refuge-in-a-cave-on-the-moon/ (lava tubes), https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/26/esa_moon_rovers/?fbclid=IwAR0XOu3jJBF962t8dFZnxkT9jh-EX_iYz8gUIDYZWT5nKaAGx3cH2zNNAOw (rovers in lava tubes)
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/European_Large_Logistics_Lander (logistic lander), https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Discovery_and_Preparation/ESA_plans_mission_to_explore_lunar_caves (caves), and https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/CAVES_and_Pangaea (exploration)
COORDINATORS/ TUTORS
Coordinator: Henriette Bier (ABE)
Tutors: Raj Rajan, Prem Sundaramoorthy, Chris Verhoeven, Fabio Sebastiano, and Seyran Khademi (EEMCS); Henriette Bier, Ferry Adema, Arwin Hidding, and Vera Laszlo (ABE); Luka Peternel and Micah Prendergast (ME; Robin Oval and Mariana Popescu (CEG); Alessandra Menicucci, Angelo Cervone, and Reza Sabzevari (AE).
