Human Factors

HUMAN FACTORS:

·         Offer attributes available to residents of Earth’s small cities.

·         Provide NATURAL sunlight.

·         Provide views of space outside.

·         Provide views of Mars below for residents.

·         Features in design of community facilities TO BE INCLUDED

-Roads

-Paths

-Parks and Common Grounds

-Transport Facilities

-Shopping Centers

-Business Parks

·         Community facilities and homes should enable mobility and access with PRACTICAL MINIMUM OF MOTION (E.g. Head-turning)-causes mild discomfort due to coriolis effects on existing space settlements.

·         Basic Services expected  in comfortable modern communities

-Housing

-Entertainment

-Medical

-Parks

-Recreation

·         Variety and quantity of consumer goods.

·         Public areas with LONG LINES OF SIGHT

·         Inventory of all consumable quantities

·         Means of distribution of consumables (food, mainly)

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Map(s) and/or illustrations depicting community design and locations of amenities, with a distance scale AND identify percentage of land area allocated to roads and paths.

 

HOMES:

·         Designs of typical residential homes (typical American/Jap houses)

·         Show clearly:

-Room sizes

-Plans drawn to scale

Area limit - 800 sq. ft. (MIN) and 2000 sq. ft. (MAX)

-Source(s) and/or manufacture of furniture items, appliances (WHAT? Kitchen mixers…? Aaargh!)

·         Anticipated demographics of original population are:

Kind	Percentage of Pop.	Average Age	Median Age
Married Adults	40%	38	34
Single Men	35%	34	36
Single Women	23%	40	37
Children (under 18)	2%	10	12

     

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: external drawing and interior floor plan of atleast four home        designs, the area (preferably in square feet) for EACH residence design, and numbers required for each design.

DESIGNS:

·         Systems

·         Devices         intended for use outside of artificial gravity volumes-EMPHASIZE SAFETY

·         Vehicles

·         Spacesuit designs with stowage and donning/doffing procedures

·         Airlock designs for entry and exit to and from settlement from unpressurised volumes.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Drawings showing examples of:

Ø  Handrails

Ø  Tethers

Ø  Cages

Ø  Systems enabling safe human access to any location/in low-g settlement areas