WEB DESK: The Hab-1 – short for Habitat-1 will be the future home of human on Moon or Mars, designed by an Indian space agency Isro’s
According to the detail, Indian space agency Isro’s first-ever “analog mission” which means simulation of space condition to prepare astronauts fro real space missions.
It was recently tested for three weeks in the high Himalayan mountains of Ladakh, Space architect Aastha Kacha-Jhala, from Gujarat-based firm Aaka, told the BBC that these simulations help identify and address issues astronauts and equipment might face before space missions.
Built with space-grade Teflon and insulated with industrial-use foam, Hab-1 has a bed, a stowaway tray which can be pulled out and used as a workstation, storage space to keep supplies and emergency kits, a kitchenette for heating meals and a toilet. An astronaut in simulation spent three weeks holed up in the facility.
“Hab-1 is designed keeping in mind that space is going to be very limited on the Moon or Mars,” Ms Kacha-Jhala says. “The astronaut will also have very limited water so we designed a dry toilet. We also put in place a system for a proper disposal of waste and ensured that the habitat remained odour-free.”
