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Inhabiting the solar system

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Central European Journal of Engineering

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The new field of space architecture is introduced. Defined as the “theory and practice of designing and building inhabited environments in outer space,” the field synthesizes human space flight systems engineering subjects with the long tradition of making environments that support human living, work, and aspiration. The scope of the field is outlined, and its three principal domains differentiated. The current state of the art is described in terms of executed projects. Foreseeable options for 21st century developments in human space flight provide a framework to tease out potential space architecture opportunities for the next century.

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    Brent Sherwood

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This work was done as a private venture and not in the author’s capacity as an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

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Sherwood, B. Inhabiting the solar system. cent.eur.j.eng 1, 38–58 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13531-011-0004-y

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