hey all,
and right now i am of the idea of doing a tourist
based space station, say for about 100 odd tourist per
year. i do understand that with the present
technology, such frequent flight as is required is not
possible, and with a further constraint from finance.
but as far as the project is concerned, i am assuming
the feasibility of all these. thus now i am faced with
deciding on the requirements and essentials to the
proper function of a space station. this is where i
get stuck. i have come up with a list of requirements
(a very naive, and incomplete one, i must say).
they are these ----
suites (luxury, normal, both with their own personal
hygiene area)
viewing galleries/space deck,
dining area, kitchen, pantry (only heating or
condition of food, no preparation involved)
community hygiene area (laundry)
communication port for public (to contact earth)
library,
community lounge,
excercise area,
reception,
first aid and medical center,
quarentine zone,
supply and equipment room (house-keeping machines,
spare parts, repairing equipments)
central processing unit (which runs the entire
station)
air handling units,
energy core,
docking port,
transition space,
radiation sheilds.

i need to how the air in a station is created and
maintained and removed; what sort of an energy source
is the best and how does it work (tho i feel nuclear
is apt, i can assume that such technology as is
required to tap the nuclear energy with in samll
confines have been discovered); what are the materials
used for construction of a space station (inside and
outside); which is the best method of creating
artificial gravity or is there a need to create one at
all (i read thru some material, and am informed that 0
grav. is not conducive to good health conditions);
what are the other requirements that i have missed.

the main problem is in convincing people, more from
the
staffs and management side, about the requirement of
an architect in design a space station, though they
say they feel it, but can't help with just subjective
statements as justification...

could you help me out by suggesting some literature or
any form of source to get these materials?


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> look vijay actually you are talking about something
> very far flung for architects and nobody`ll be able
> to counter you coz nobody knows so clearly the
> technical requirement of space station untill you
> are in NASA. you are asking about role of architects
> there. actually we architects at earth have control
> on our atmosphere, we understand it, we know how to
> use atmospheric agents to enrich our built up space.
> but in case of space architecture, architecture
> comes into existence but it`s very different from
> buiding architecture. it`s nano architecture and
> it`s not our work or you we haven`t achieved it yet
> as a architect. it`s work of pure engineering.
> listen in space main thing right now is to sustain
> there not to enjoy the atmosphere. we architects
> have to wait till science advances and we are able
> to understand and control atmosphere in universe.
> it`s near but i assume it`s atleast 100 years.
> let me be clear there is no role of architects in
> space station at present moment. it shall be in
> future. if you are thinking of thesis on this then i
> think you are taking very narrow edge, it`s great to
> imagine our role there but at present moment earth
> has still lot more to be explored.
> i think u understand what i am saying.
>
> vijay raj <vjraj_james_justus@...> wrote:
> i would like to know how far has designing in space
> gained importance to validate an architect's role in
> it. and what sort of a role will it be? if, say, i
> were to design a space station, would i be
> confronted
> with so much of technical issues that architectural
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> Manish,
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> It would be helpful if you knew what you were
> talking about. You are
> patently misinformed in saying that architechs have
> no role in the
> building of the international space station. My
> former boss, Rod
> Jones is a licensed Architect and served as the
> Launch Package Manager
> for the U.S. Lab module, where he was responsible
> for overseeing the
> development, construction, integration, flight and
> assembly of the
> Lab module. Prior to that he applied his
> architecture skills to
> optimize the living accomodations and workspaces in
> the early planning
> of the space station.
>
> One of our very own group members was the lead
> architech of the
> Transhab module, which is now being developed by
> Bigelow Aerospace.
> Another is developing a lunar rover. Another is
> doing advanced
> planning for Mars exploration missions.
>
> I don't know what your game is, but try to speak
> about topics that you
> at least have some informed opinions on. Frankly
> I'm thrilled to have
> students like Vijay trying to dream up ways to apply
> architecture
> to space. It shows me that setting up this forum
> was not a waste of
> my time.
>
> Mark Reiff
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> --- In space-architecture@yahoogroups.com, Manish
> Mishra
> <relaxedstud@y...> wrote:
> > look vijay actually you are talking about
> something very far flung
> for architects and nobody`ll be able to counter you
> coz nobody knows
> so clearly the technical requirement of space
> station untill you are
> in NASA. you are asking about role of architects
> there. actually we
> architects at earth have control on our atmosphere,
> we understand it,
> we know how to use atmospheric agents to enrich our
> built up space.
> but in case of space architecture, architecture
> comes into existence
> but it`s very different from buiding architecture.
> it`s nano
> architecture and it`s not our work or you we haven`t
> achieved it yet
> as a architect. it`s work of pure engineering.
> listen in space main
> thing right now is to sustain there not to enjoy the
> atmosphere. we
> architects have to wait till science advances and we
> are able to
> understand and control atmosphere in universe. it`s
> near but i assume
> it`s atleast 100 years.
> > let me be clear there is no role of architects in
> space station at
> present moment. it shall be in future. if you are
> thinking of thesis
> on this then i think you are taking very narrow
> edge, it`s great to
> imagine our role there but at present moment earth
> has still lot more
> to be explored.
> > i think u understand what i am saying.
>
>
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