WASHINGTON: Astronauts have walked on it, roamed it and explored it. Now, they might be able to camp and hang out on it for days at a time to make their trips all the more worthwhile.
Aerospace engineers at MIT have designed a packable, inflatable habitats tent that will allow astronauts to have extended stays on the moon. The inflatable pod can fit two adults and includes a reflective shield to keep the sun’s rays off explorers as well as life support systems, supplying oxygen, food, water and temperature control via a rover. Although the inflatable habitats tent concept is still in early stages, it has everything one needs to survive on the moon.
Similar to how campers use metal poles to set up their tents on campgrounds, these inflatable habitats tents would be set up with tubes – inflatable, pressurized tubes made of silcone-based materials. Astronauts enter the pods and shut the airlock. Life support systems on the rover, supplying vitals such as oxygen, food and water would connect to the pod via umbilical cables.
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