Proposed Hab Module For Asteroid Redirect Mission Could Support a Lunar Return

MarkWhittington writes Space News reported on Wednesday that NASA is mulling a hab module as part of the Asteroid Redirect Mission. The inclusion of the hab module would extend the mission from 28 days to as long as 60 days. The module would provide enough consumables such as food, water, and oxygen and other support to sustain the crew of astronauts for weeks while examining a small asteroid in orbit around the moon. The module might also support a return to the lunar surface, given certain modifications.

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Re:Why send humans now

[K. S. Kyosuke]

We're too energy-intensive for that. Our bodies don't have a sufficient surface, not even when naked.