The architecture of a Moon Village

Abstract

The Off-world Anthropologic Space Infrastructure Settlement (OASIS) project systems engineering entails addressing the flow down of all mission/system-level requirements into every element and distributed system, orchestrating the overall design, and evaluating the efficacy of derived requirements implementation by testing, verification, and validation.
Key Considerations include:

• • Orchestrating Symbiosis: shared control between Humans, Robots, and Advanced Autonoma
  • In Situ Resource Utilization is learned science, engineering, and art
  • Integrated Interoperable Sustainable Systems that translate archology from principle to practice
  • Human Landing Systems (HLS) volume and performance metrology

The OASIS systems engineering considerations start with the launch and functional mass of everything that must be transported to the Moon. The payload volumetrics of the NASA HLS further constrain the maximum stowed volume. This resolves to a logistics train with handling requirements and allocatable mass and volume fractions for each manifested flight. The geopolitical considerations mandate that OASIS implement the letter and spirit of the Artemis Accords and maintain compliance with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
OASIS shall be scalable by expansion and replication to accommodate, at a minimum, a genetically viable human population (50+ people to combat inbreeding), implement a reasonable division of labor (50+ people to provide all the required skill sets), implement at least two-fault tolerant cross-training (3+ people for any skill set), and the capability to accommodate up to 500 people (to mitigate genetic drift).
Until shelter-in-place is assured, at least one Starship per 100 people must be on the lunar surface at a given time.
All elements and distributed systems shall be designed for human, robotic, and advanced autonoma operations, Extra-Vehicular Activity maintenance at the Orbital Replaceable Unit (ORU) level, as well as Intra-Vehicular Activity maintenance at the board/component levels where tractable. Failure modes and effects analysis and supporting discipline analytics shall ensure satisfactory and sufficient margins that allow structural systems to be dynamically stable (self-damping) and maintain integrity (self-supporting).
All systems and elements shall be maintainable indefinitely, meet or exceed reliability/availability requirements, be interoperable for all mission-critical functions, implement common board/component sparing, and be designed for scalability. Defined elements include Air/Water Locks, robotics, advanced autonoma, local transport, safe haven, elevators, cranes, storage, landing pads, shielding, and a combination of fixed, unfurlable, and inflatable structures. Distributed Systems include Power, Data, Comm, Thermal, Environmental Control and Life Support Systems, Crew Health, Agricultural, Structures Mechanisms, Ancillary Services, Illumination, and Management Operations Control Architecture applications.

A short bio

Gary Barnhard has held various roles at the National Space Society (NSS), including Executive Director, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Vice President. He is the owner and president of Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. (XISP-Inc), a cislunar mission development company, and Barnhard Associates, LLC (BALLC), a systems engineering consultancy and ISP. A systems engineer with expertise in robotics, space, and computer systems, Barnhard has been a prominent figure in space advocacy for over 45 years. He co-founded the Maryland Alliance for Space Colonization, led the Space Development Foundation, and has organized numerous space-related events and conferences. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Maryland, combining Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science, with graduate work in science policy and artificial intelligence. His thesis on knowledge-based systems in spacecraft engineering led to a research project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Barnhard has worked as a Space Systems Engineer for EER Systems and Grumman, contributing to the Space Station Freedom Program and earning awards from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Life Member of NSS. He received NSS’s Space Pioneer Award in 2004 and the Award for Excellence in 2005 and 2008. He believes NSS must lead the evolution into a spacefaring society, urging action to build a future we all envision: “Let’s not wait for the future—let’s build it.” Gary is also a member of Space Renaissance International, and one of the organizers of the Space 18th SDG initiative and coalition.

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