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Habitat demonstration unit (hdu) pressurized excursion module (pem) systems integration strategy
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Tri, Terry Toups, Larry Howe, A. Scott Kennedy Sr., Kriss Gill, Tracy Merbitz, Jerad |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | The Habitat Demonstration Unit (HDU) project team constructed an analog prototype lunar surface laboratory called the Pressurized Excursion Module (PEM). The prototype unit subsystems were integrated in a short amount of time, utilizing a rapid prototyping approach that brought together over 20 habitation-related technologies from a variety of NASA centers. This paper describes the system integration strategies and lessons learned, that allowed the PEM to be brought from paper design to working field prototype using a multi-center team. The system integration process was based on a rapid prototyping approach. Tailored design review and test and integration processes facilitated that approach. The use of collaboration tools including electronic tools as well as documentation enabled a geographically distributed team take a paper concept to an operational prototype in approximately one year. One of the major tools used in the integration strategy was a coordinated effort to accurately model all the subsystems using computer aided design (CAD), so conflicts were identified before physical components came together. A deliberate effort was made following the deployment of the HDU PEM for field operations to collect lessons learned to facilitate process improvement and inform the design of future flight or analog versions of habitat systems. Significant items within those lessons learned were limitations with the CAD integration approach and the impact of shell design on flexibility of placing systems within the HDU shell. |
| File Size | 22532669 |
| Page Count | 13 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110011015 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7fr4vz8m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Ground Support Systems And Facilities (space) Lunar Surface Vehicles Lessons Learned Lunar Shelters Systems Engineering Prototypes Rapid Prototyping Lunar Bases Lunar Surface Design Analysis Systems Integration Roving Vehicles Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
