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From space back to Earth: supporting sustainable development with spaceflight technologies

Maiwald, Volker und Schubert, Daniel und Quantius, Dominik und Zabel, Paul (2021) From space back to Earth: supporting sustainable development with spaceflight technologies. Sustainable Earth, 4 (4). BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/s42055-021-00042-9. ISSN 2520-8748.

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Offizielle URL: https://sustainableearth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42055-021-00042-9

Kurzfassung

For the past decades spaceflight has been a driver for technology development in various fields, e.g. generation of electrical power, and computers. Human spaceflight missions, require resources typically scarce (e.g. oxygen) and are usually transferred along with the crew to the respective mission target. Future long-term missions aim beyond Low Earth Orbit (i.e. Moon and Mars), necessitating advances especially in closed-loop life-support systems to guarantee mission autonomy. This requires careful handling of the resources, i.e. minimizing waste and where possible harvesting resources in situ. Similarly, on Earth a sustainable way of life requires careful handling of resources. This paper discusses how both pathways relate to each other and how “settling” Earth sustainably and settling in any space location do not differ in their basic paradigms. It is shown how spaceflight has had an impact on sustainability in the past, which technologies are developed for human spaceflight and how they can be applied on Earth to improve sustainability. Finally, a research infrastructure is presented, which can conduct research on closed-loop technologies, immediately benefiting space and terrestrial applications. This incubator is divided into separate functional modules, which allow testing of technology components. These components can be exchanged to test various permutations of technologies. It is recommended to exploit synergy effects between activities concerning human spaceflight and sustainability by intertwining and coordinating these actions. The technological improvement driven by spaceflight programs can be used to drive sustainability as well.

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Dokumentart:Zeitschriftenbeitrag
Titel:From space back to Earth: supporting sustainable development with spaceflight technologies
Autoren:
AutorenInstitution oder E-Mail-AdresseAutoren-ORCID-iDORCID Put Code
Maiwald, Volkervolker.maiwald (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-0089NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Schubert, DanielDaniel.Schubert (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-486XNICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Quantius, DominikDominik.Quantius (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-7057-9214NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Zabel, PaulPaul.Zabel (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-9230NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Datum:18 Februar 2021
Erschienen in:Sustainable Earth
Referierte Publikation:Ja
Open Access:Ja
Gold Open Access:Ja
In SCOPUS:Nein
In ISI Web of Science:Nein
Band:4
DOI:10.1186/s42055-021-00042-9
Verlag:BioMed Central
ISSN:2520-8748
Status:veröffentlicht
Stichwörter:sustainable development, sustainability, terrestrial application, spin-off
HGF - Forschungsbereich:Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt und Verkehr
HGF - Programm:Raumfahrt
HGF - Programmthema:Technik für Raumfahrtsysteme
DLR - Schwerpunkt:Raumfahrt
DLR - Forschungsgebiet:R SY - Technik für Raumfahrtsysteme
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben):R - Systemanalyse Raumsegment (alt)
Standort: Bremen
Institute & Einrichtungen:Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme > Systemanalyse Raumsegment
Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme
Hinterlegt von: Maiwald, Volker
Hinterlegt am:23 Feb 2021 09:31
Letzte Änderung:28 Nov 2023 07:43

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