Future Space Architecture is based on the collaborative vision for a Moon Village and CDF conducted by ESA. The CDF included a multidisciplinary team of experts to carry out a study that looked into the conceptual definition of a lunar habitat architecture as a precursor for a multi-partner human settlement named the “Moon Village”. An in-depth study of the architecture included mission concept design and systems engineering over a series of intense sessions conducted by the multidisciplinary team at the European Space Research & Technology Centre (ESTEC). The ESTEC team composition included expertise from (Systems, Mission Architecture, Structures, Thermal, Materials & Processes, Mechanisms, Radiation, Power, Life Support, Advanced Concepts, GNC, ISRU, Safety, and Architecture). The primary mission objectives included establishing a well-defined boundary condition for the habitat concept, identifying the requirements for the lunar environment including thermal, power, and environmental protection as well as others. The objectives also included defining a design reference mission, the concept of operations, analysis of operational costs, and trade space to launch, transfer, deliver, and deploy the habitat architecture. This presentation summarizes many of the findings discovered during the CDF.

ESA

Director General – J. Wörner
ESA Strategy Department – I. Duvaux-Béchon
Policy & Programmes Department – P. Messina

CDF Team

Study Manager – A. Makaya
Team Leader – R. Biesbroek
Systems – D. Binns
Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration – A. Kapoglou
Systems Assistant – D. Brandao
Mission Architecture – M. Landgraf
Structures – D. De Wilde
Thermal – P. Hager, M. Solyga, C. Buti
Materials & Processes – A. Makaya
Mechanisms – F. Romera
Radiation – M. Holmberg
Power – K. Stephenson
Life Support – B. Lamaze
Advanced Concepts – H. Lakk
GNC (Consultant) – O. Dubois-Matra
ISRU (Consultant) – A. Cowley
Safety (Consultant) – M. Portaluppi
Architecture External Consultant – M. Arnhof