Advanced Life Support Systems Integration, Modeling, and Analysis Reference Missions Document

摘要

The Advanced Life Support Systems Integration, Modeling, and Analysis Reference Missions Document (RMD) provides the Advanced Life Support (ALS) Project with several reference missions that are likely scenarios for early human exploration and development of near-Earth space. It expounds mission details to allow meaningful system-level analyses of proposed life support system (LSS) concepts. As such, this document is a supplement for other analysis reference documents. Another specific goal of this document is to define realistic technology options for each mission. Two approaches to providing life support for these missions are documented. The first approach applies currently existing, flight-qualified hardware, including equipment in use and planned for the International Space Station (ISS). The second approach, referred to as the Advanced Life Support Straw Man concept, applies technologies under development within the ALS Project. The technology selections presented for the missions described in this document are not meant to serve as absolute, approved approaches. Further, these architecture scenarios are not intended to be a definitive selection of technologies, but rather, possible guides or feasible starting points for analytical studies.