LESSON LEARNED FROM SPACE HAB FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT LAB: SPIN-IN/OUT OF TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development and evaluation of a new disaster management facility concept from Space to Earth. Habitats would be designed to be easy to develop, maintain, and reconfigure, while taking a holistic approach to hazard protection and psychological health as well as applying innovative technology from smart textile material to the communication. This paper focuses particularly on building habitats that are affordable, maintainable, expandable, mobile, and self-sustaining. Concepts that are issues both for Space (spin-in knowledge from Earth to Space) and Earth (spin-off knowledge from Space to Earth) are included in this study. In particular this paper takes a systematic approach to minimising both external hazards of extreme environments and internal vulnerabilities with a multidisciplinary methodology. It considers the transfer of knowledge from a specific set of habitat designs for early Deep Space missions, and the application of those lessons to small habitats on Earth used in the context of extreme environments, such as in a disaster facility.