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Manfred Thallner, S. Häuplik-Meusburger, A. Cowley:
"Flexhab working module - Architectural requirements and prototyping for a lunar base analogue";
Talk: 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen; 10-01-2018 - 10-05-2018; in: "Proceedings of IAC 2018", https://iafastro.directory/iac/proceedings/IAC-18/ (2018), Paper ID IAC-18,E5,1,10,x44461, 11 pages.

Analogues and simulations play an important role in preparation for space exploration. They allow usto test experiments before sending them into space, develop countermeasures for the special conditionsor study human behaviour in similar environments. The so called FLEXhab, Future Lunar ExplorationHabitat, will serve as a lunar base analogue in order to create a training and experimental environmentat the European Astronaut Center, EAC.The design of a potential lunar base is very much affected by the specific environmental conditions.Therefore those will be analysed to implement the effects into the analogue, with the goal to create asimilar interior as well as to test countermeasures for specific challenges.Also an overview is given on the potential tasks carried out inside a lunar base, and further the analogue,as they influence the habitat design as well.This paper presents a design for the interior of the FLEXhab working module, based on a previousdeveloped concept. (O. Punch, T. Dijkshoorn, 2016)Further, the so called FLEXrack will be presented, a recently developed movable rack system. Theconcept will increase flexibility for exploration module design and increase the available space for tasksand experiments inside the module. To give a first impression of the design and the FLEXrack conceptoperationally, a prototype is built and evaluated at the EAC. Finally, design requirements for the finaldesign of FLEXhab, the integration of FLEXrack within FLEXhab, as well as for analogues in generalare presented.